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Dirty Dancing (2/5)
Finally saw this classic, and as expected, the cheese and camp were pegging as a generation has now passed since its heyday and I am not a thirteen year-old suburban girl. I'll give it points for cultural relevance, and bringing about my girlfriend's sexual awakening--nobody's perfect.
Rob Roy (2/5)
Quite a drag of a film, especially compared to its peer, Braveheart, which came out a mere month later and eclipsed this much inferior Scottish period piece. It is funny how often peer films come out in the same year, the volcano movies, the asteroid movies, or my favorite unintended peer: Bedazzled and Bamboozled. My good friend actually got a ticket to the turd ...
The International (4/5)
Corporate conspiracy, Europe, spy games, Clive Owen, what is not to like people. The shootout at the end in the Guggenheim is fantastic, so is the movie poster based on said scene. Why no one has successfully made a serial out of the spy-thriller genre is anyone's guess--it must be expensive.
Lakeview Terrace (2/5)
Made it to the third act before giving up. If a thriller makes you sleepy, someone really screwed up. And notably, I couldn't believe that the lead would go next door to ask his inconsiderate neighbor to turn down the party and then find himself getting a lap dance while the villain shot it all on the camcorder--guess when that ridiculous tape is gonna surface and ...
Hoosiers (5/5)
Possibly my favorite sports film and G-rated film. Gene Hackman is ace as the small-town coach who defies the odds by taking his class B high school to the Indiana State Championship. Based on a true story and filmed with class and care.
Les Misérables (5/5)
After the lament of Rob Roy this Liam Neeson picture was not high on my list until, of all people, my Little Brother got me this as a present. He has good taste, or his mom does. A perfect film, so perfect that I dare not say why it worked. It's like saying why you love Ok Computer, don't bother, just nod your head and move along like a good boy.
Public Enemies (2/5)
What a let down. A lackluster, drag of a bio pic that puts bad use to some of Hollywood's best talent. I don't think I can call myself a Michael Mann fan anymore--I adore two of his films (Heat and The Insider) and half respect the rest. Teardrop.
The Hurt Locker (4/5)
There was plenty of good press for this Iraq War film, so much that I ran out to see this in the theater--full price, with popcorn and soda. They did a fantastic job of growing the intensity in each scene and the action moved things along with diverse settings and fascinating technological/warfare details. There wasn't much of a narrative to sustain the third act ...
Towelhead (2/5)
Disturbing content, and not the kind that awakens new ideas or challenges the status quo, the kind that has you wishing the filmmaker's weren't driven by their need to win another Oscar for exposing the shocking, sexually deviant, scummy underbelly found in America's suburbs. Ok, we get it already.
Frequency (4/5)
After Vantage Point, I found myself in a Dennis Quaid mood, which led me to this favorite from 2000. An odd take on the time-travel genre that has plenty of good ideas, characters, and drama.