The Messenger has a lot going for it. The plot line is unique and ripe with potential. Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster play soldiers assigned to the Casualty Notification Office – they are the ones who ring the doorbell of the survivors to tell them that their loved one has died. Harrelson’s character, Tony Stone, [...]
Read More Ben Foster, blu-ray, drama, DVD, joyce, R, romance, Samantha Morton, Steve Buscemi, The Messenger, war, Woody HarrelsonI would never accuse disaster master Roland Emmerich of possessing nuance, or even style, for that matter, but he who gave us Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow sure knows how to put on a show. I mean, in 2012, his latest end-of-the-world extravaganza, he destroys the White House with nothing less than an [...]
Read More 2012, action, adventure, Amanda Peet, blu-ray, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Danny Glover, David, drama, DVD, John Cusack, Oliver Platt, PG-13, Roland Emmerich, Sci-Fi, Thandie Newton, thriller, Woody HarrelsonFor those of you out there who fear that the end of the world is nigh, take heart–Armageddon will no doubt have its own little pleasures. Case in point: Zombieland, the latest entry in the celebrated zombie comedy sub-genre, bringing the joy back to zombie plague survival. Set about 2 months after a particularly virulent [...]
Read More Abigail Breslin, action, blu-ray, comedy, DVD, Emma Stone, horror, Jesse Eisenberg, R, Woody Harrelson, ZombielandManagement is a negligible but mildly amusing little comedy with a Hollywood plot and an indie-film feel that will probably be remembered best for the unusual romantic pairing of Jennifer Aniston and Steve Zahn. Zahn plays the directionless night manager of the Arizona motel owned by his parents (Fred Ward and Margo Martindale) who falls [...]
Read More comedy, David, DVD, Fred Ward, James Hiroyuki Liao, Jennifer Aniston, Management, Margo Martindale, R, romance, Stephen Belber, Steve Zahn, Woody HarrelsonWill Smith deserves to be a movie star. He can pull me further into a bad movie than just about anybody else out there. That’s not to say that I thought Seven Pounds was a bad movie, but I predict a lot of people will. It’s among the more emotionally manipulative stories I’ve seen in a [...]
Read More drama, DVD, PG-13, Rosario Dawson, seven pounds, will, will smith, Woody Harrelson