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Observe And Report (1/5)
A delusional, inept, bi-polar, goober mall cop drinks free coffee, beats up skaters, date-rapes the cosmetic girl, tries out for the police force, and screams "fuck" at every person on screen. If there was supposed to be a subversive, counter-cultural critique, I totally missed it. Don't let anyone tell you this is on par with Taxi Driver, much closer to The Cable ...
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.
The Day The Earth Stood Still (1/5)
No action, no drama, not much sci-fi, a lot of humanist hubris about how we can learn to love and to care when we're "at the precipice" and that there is always hope for us to treat Mother Earth well should aliens threaten to exterminate us. Recommended beverage: sight-impairing moonshine.
The Pirates Of Silicon Valley (1/5)
A made-for-TV, low-budget movie that follows the early Apple/Microsoft rivalry and the madness/deception of Mr. Jobs and Mr. Gates. Other than Anthony Michael Hall as Bill, the acting is atrocious. The photography and production is very sad, but if you wade through it all, there is some interesting insight into how these behemoths came to make and conquer the ...
I.O.U.S.A. (2/5)
Very well produced documentary that had all the pie charts and graphics that would serve as good supplemental material, had they any material to supplement. You could fit the interesting insights on a single note card, while the musical interludes could fill the National Archive. The national debt does scare me, spending money that you do not have is immoral, right? ...
Role Models (2/5)
More adult-male-as-infants to drive a bland coming-of-age story (I thought coming-of-age was closer to thirteen). There must be an anthropological explanation as to why this subject matter puts butts in seats; one that I'm not interested in exploring right now, I have some "Grand Theft Auto 8: Sex Offender's Delight" to play.
Scent Of A Woman (2/5)
Pacino can really wear me out; two hours of yelling and the evermore obnoxious "whoo-aa" suck it. If O'Donnell weren't there to provide some Oregon-bred ease then this film would be a lance in the earhole. The tango scene wasn't nearly as spectacular as I remember; the love interest in the second to last scene was insulting--I was plenty convinced that Pacino decided ...
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.
Charlie Wilson’s War (4/5)
This picture moved along well and ended with the now widely accepted truth: that the Cold War covert op in 1980s Afghanistan screwed up a lot of things. Though Mr. Wilson and Co. had good intentions, the funding to rebuild the war-torn country was sadly neglected. I like to believe the State Dept. learned some valuable lessons here but I doubt it--especially since ...
Dawn Of The Dead (4/5)
Zack Snyder updates the classic zombie picture with good gore and reasonably compelling drama. Even a surprising redemption of the jackass security guard. My housemate and I liked to guess who would die and who would live--we got all but 2, well, until the closing credits rolled and screwed up everything.