FILM Report Card
Hereafter = D- Nobody tell Clint Eastwood his movie about death sucks. It may kill him. Red = B AARP-sponsored carnage, with added Malkovich. Never Let Me Go = A Does watching a movie about how depressing it is that life is so short count as irony? ON DVD Scott Pilgrim vs the World = B+ Whoa, these hipsters know kung fu! Secretariat = F If the dialogue doesn’t kill you, you’ll kill...
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Report Card for October 21, 2010
•Easy A = A- Emma Stone more than makes the grade … she makes me swoon. •(READER RECOMMENDS ON DVD) Human Centipedee = B- Just the plot makes me queasy. Look it up for yourself…but don’t do it at work. •Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole = C+ Hey kids, want to fear death by bird? •Secretariat = F If the dialogue doesn’t kill you, you’ll kill yourself. Worst of the...
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Poke of Genius
The Social Network shows smarties suck Whether owed to a ritual goat sacrifice or a cauldron-cooked potion, mastery of the dark arts is the only way Aaron Sorkin’s script about an insufferable prick compelled by hubris and hormones to create a website out of spite could sizzle like an unpoked hotdog in the microwave. Although The Social Network is surfing atop a hyperbole tsunami that’s...
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Not quite "boldly," but this sequel still "goes" pretty far. |
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A silent, Spanish retelling of Snow White with bullfighting is better than it sounds... |
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An abstract-but-understandable romance/thriller/sci-fi/mystery. |
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Who didn't read the book and imagine a Jay-Z score? |
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It's the slow Romanian melodrama you've been (not) waiting for! |
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Turns out, if you have a script, you can make a killer superhero movie. |
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Scaring people off the Internet feels silly. |
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As the title suggests, it is half horrid and half great. |
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Twisty Pig TaleWriter/director Shane Carruth’s 2004 film, Primer, isn’t just a great time-travel movie; it’s one of the best science...
Puttin’ on the Fitz’If “director Baz Luhrmann” and “restraint” have ever appeared in the same sentence together, they were the word-bread...
Don’t Love Thy Neighbor Too Much
There was a shot so slow and quiet in Beyond the Hills (or Dupa Dealuri if you’ve got Romanian skills) that it appeared to...
Up and DowneyAlthough traditionally necessary for filmmaking, the original Iron Man was rumored not to have had much of a real script,...
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