Jun 23, 2010

I just had to… albeit late. It’s like getting a glimpse of Bobby Fischer in a Bagel shop. You’ll stick around just for the anticipation of an anti-Semitic train wreck. And though I figured Tom Cruise wouldn’t drop any “J-bombs” in Knight and Day, it was my only chance to see how he’s faired since Valkyrie. The verdict: not...

Jun 23, 2010

A week or so ago I was prodded into watching a film that was billed as having a more romantic element to it and so rarely do I leave a film feeling like the license it takes with the human condition is reprehensible enough to send a warning to anyone at all curious to see it. Remember Me is a complete affront to the reasonable mind regardless of emotional...

Jun 21, 2010

Out of London comes Harry Brown: the story of a British Marine veteran with nothing left to lose. His wife passed and his only friend was killed by the growing gang violence in his neighborhood. Brown, as the man who has had enough, takes it upon himself to avenge his friend and set things right. Directed by Daniel Barber, the film starts maniacally. Two young,...

Jun 15, 2010

Duh da duh duhhhhhh duh da duhhhhhhhh…. I digress… The new ATeam film came out over the weekend. Despite the Karate Kid film throwing mud in this film’s eye, it wasn’t as horrible as I’d thought it could be. It was worse. A remake of the much beloved TV series, the A-Team is an ADD sufferer’s wet dream. It comes across like a...

Jun 11, 2010

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Jun 11, 2010

What genetic engineer wouldn’t want to be the first to witness a subspecies created by splicing human DNA with animals’? As twisted as that may sound, Splice (written and directed by Vicenzo Natali) takes on this question to eerie results. Heading the film are Sarah Polley and Adrien Brody. The duo plays Elsa Kast and Clive Nikolai; two bio-chemists at the...