Archive: February, 2012
Top 25 Rentals – February 20-26, 2012
THE RUM DIARY MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE J EDGAR MONEYBALL DRIVE
Read MoreJ. EDGAR – Reviewed by Will
The name J. Edgar Hoover might elicit a sneer or a snicker from many people these days, but he’s certainly not a figure undeserving of a great biopic. He was a man with significant career accomplishments, ranging from the visionary to the dubious, along with an enigmatic and controversial private life. One might expect an [...]
Read MoreTHE WAY – Reviewed by Noah
The Way stars Martin Sheen as an eye doctor who goes to France after his son (the film’s director and one of Martin’s real life sons, Emilio Estevez) dies in an accident at the beginning of a pilgrimage. Once there, he decides the best way to honor Emilio is to do the pilgrimage himself, taking [...]
Read MoreMARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE – Reviewed by J.D.
There is a problem in Hollywood these days. The ratio of excellent young actresses to actual scripts worthy of their talent is about 40 to 1, and it’s increasing every year. It isn’t too much of a stretch to say that, for actors under 30, the number of talented women far exceeds those of their [...]
Read MoreTOWER HEIST – Reviewed by David
In my experience, any actual entertainment value to be found in a Brett Ratner movie has no correlation to the man’s (at best) questionable directorial skills, but to something beyond his control. With the Rush Hour flicks, it was Jackie Chan, while I would have seen X-Men 3 even if David Lynch had directed it. [...]
Read MoreTop 25 Rentals – Week of Feb 13-19, 2012
THE RUM DIARY MONEYBALL DRIVE TAKE SHELTER THE IDES OF MARCH
Read MoreTHE RUM DIARY – Reviewed by J.D.
Once upon a time, there was a television actor who was so ridiculously handsome he became a Tiger Beat heartthrob, a situation which so troubled him he has spent his entire career aiming not to be one. This actor, groomed for stardom, began taking roles in quirky, off-beat comedies where his looks rarely, if ever, [...]
Read MoreTAKE SHELTER – Reviewed by Will
Every so often for the past couple of months, I’ve gotten into conversations with customers about the final scene of the excellent indie drama/sci-fi Another Earth. By my count so far I’ve heard at least six or seven good alternative explanations for what we see in the last couple seconds of that film, which of [...]
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