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Knight & Day (3/5)
This film is the most acute visualization of female fantasy and male ego trip that I have ever seen and somehow failed to rake in billions. The action scenes are comical and nearly break character and lose the audience at every turn. Films like this have to take themselves seriously in order to work, and this one toes the line close. And why oh why is Cameron Diaz ...
Salt (3/5)
While the Russians aren't exactly cutting edge villains, they are preferred to Arab terrorists who really can terrify us American audiences. The filmmakers wanted light and breezy and got just that with enough plot twists and tales to make it a pleasurable 90 minutes.
The Last House On The Left (3/5)
For a Wes Craven production in the torture porn era/genre, this film had surprisingly sincere dignity and humanity to the characters (well, aside from the head in the microwave postlude bit).
Black Swan (3/5)
This is on par with Aronofsky's other works--he again trolls the depths of a destructive, compulsive, individual--but he craftily tempers the creeps with the beauty and keeps you wondering as all the lead characters avoid the obvious arcs and resolutions. Resolution is perhaps too strong a word. I continue to process the complicated and remarkable manner in which the ...
Where The Wild Things Are (3/5)
I was not surprised that a film based on a twelve sentence picture book had a fairly thin plot, but I was surprised how quickly things went dull. The visuals were certainly ace--but only held attention for a few minutes. I did my best to search out deeper subject matter: communism, war, religion, despotism. In the end, I think the film is about a kid with a great ...
Tyson (3/5)
Tyson is a very conflicted person as one would suspect. His bi-polar nature is impossible to miss--he hates women, himself, boxing, money, and then two moments later he swears he can't live without them. I think I pity him more than anything. This film is 90% interview with the aging boxer, and makes great use of clever editing and camera work to keep it visually ...
Point Break (3/5)
I wanted to love Katheryn Bigelow's classic camp film from 1991, but the action is very average and romantic subplot is deathly flat. But, on full display are the perfectly wooden performances by the inimitable Gary Busey and Keanu Reeves.
Rescue Dawn (3/5)
For a low-budget film, set mostly in a prison camp, this was quite compelling and kept my interest to the last reel.
I Love You, Man (3/5)
These days I have rather low expectations for films of this ilk (the bromance)--if I get a few laughs and a main character who doesn't drag me through too much unnecessary bile and homophobia I will call it good. This is probably the best effort in the burgeoning genre and features two very likable lead actors breaking some new ground and having a lot of fun in front ...
Coraline (3/5)
Staying true to the lesson learned from my previous Little Brother date (Transformers 2), I made sure we watched a well made film with a good premise and moral. To my wonderful surprise the film told a rich, fantastic, complicated family story and is one of my Little's favorite films now. Tried to watch it in 3D at home and the results were a bit lacking--the room ...