The premise of Never Let Me Go, at least superficially, is not an unfamiliar one. The idea of human clones being bred solely to serve as organ donors has made fertile fodder for dystopian sci-fi nightmares for decades, at least as far back as Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979). But while these films usually explore [...]
Read More Andrew Garfield, blu-ray, Carey Mulligan, drama, DVD, Kazuo Ishiguro, Keira Knightley, Never Let Me Go, R, romance, willConviction was a very “serviceable” drama based on a true story. Hilary Swank stars as Betty Anne Waters, a working mom who decides to put herself through law school so she can defend her brother, Kenny (Sam Rockwell), whom she believes to be wrongfully convicted of a grisly murder.
Read More biography, Conviction, drama, Hilary Swank, joyce, Juliette Lewis, Melissa Leo, Minnie Driver, Peter Gallagher, R, Sam Rockwell, thrillerIt may have cost less than a million dollars to make, but the ingenious Monsters, like most sci-fi flicks nowadays, is still all about the visual effects. Only in a good way. Instead of the CGI being the show, a la 2012, it rather refreshingly serves to enhance a simple, albeit familiar, story combining elements [...]
Read More David, drama, Gareth Edwards, Monsters, R, Sci-Fi, Scoot McNairy, thriller, Whitney AbleThe cinematic escapades of Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s pint-sized Goth hacker end with a whimper in The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, a redundant, talky and overly long affair that will probably prove a must-see for fans of the books but had me constantly checking my watch and shaking my head in exasperation. After [...]
Read More Annika Hallin, blu-ray, crime, Daniel Alfredson, David, drama, DVD, Michael Nyqvist, Micke Spreitz, Noomi Rapace, R, Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, thrillerWhen I first heard this project was in the works, I groaned. I’m not a Beatles fan, never have been. The first time I saw a picture of the group I immediately recognized Paul McCartney as the guy who tried to steal Michael Jackson‘s girl, but thought that whoever this other band was they were [...]
Read More Aaron Johnson, Beatles, biography, blu-ray, drama, DVD, John Lennon, Kristin Scott Thomas, music, Noah, Nowhere Boy, RAfter being betrayed by the organization who hired him, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former bossRR Someone once said, “The difference between good pornography and bad pornography is the addition of plot.” I think it might have been Gandhi.
Read More crime, DVD, horror, Mystery, Noah, R, SawBoobs and blood go hand-in-hand in Piranha 3D, director Alexandre Aja’s perfectly stupid but surprisingly fun rehash of the 1978 Joe Dante classic about those nasty little man-eating fish that, while hardly the scariest of horror flicks, may make you think twice about going skinny dipping.
Read More Adam Scott, Alexandre Aja, comedy, David, DVD, Elisabeth Shue, horror, Jerry O'Connell, Piranha 3D, R, Richard Dreyfuss, thriller, Ving RhamesOf the many things that George Clooney and I have in common, and the list grows longer year after year, the one that People magazine hasn’t commented on as much is our shared love of cinema of the 1970′s. We have tended to show our appreciation for this era in different ways; Clooney by starring [...]
Read More Anton Corbijn, blu-ray, crime, drama, DVD, George Clooney, J.D., Paolo Bonacelli, R, The American, Violante PlacidoMilla Jovovich resumes her sexy gun-toting, zombie-butt-kicking ways in fantastic fashion in Resident Evil: Afterlife, the fourth and easily most entertaining entry in the horror-action franchise based on the best-selling videogame.
Read More action, adventure, Ali Larter, blu-ray, David, horror, Milla Jovovich, Paul W.S. Anderson, R, Resident Evil: Afterlife, Wentworth MillerThere’s not that much to say about The Town, except it was good. Really good. The Town is Ben Affleck’s baby—he adapted the screenplay, he directed it, and he starred in it. It’s hard to believe that the goofy, half drunk kid I saw on Inside the Actor’s Studio nearly ten years ago, could have [...]
Read More Ben Affleck, Blake Lively, blu-ray, crime, drama, DVD, Jeremy Renner, Jon Hamm, joyce, R, Rebecca Hall, The Town, thriller