The Roommate (3/5)
She literally has a doll face (I mean figuratively but totally literally too). Call me racist but all the white girls look the same in this movie. An occasionally effective and classic thriller score that was too often ruined with wussy alt rock pop hits.
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Skyline (DNF)
It thinks it is Cloverfield meets War Of The Worlds, but I can't be bothered with a bunch of milquetoast actors running around a building for two hours.
No Strings Attached (3/5)
Not the piece of junk that I was expecting. Plenty of great characters and jokes and enjoyable performances from Kutchie and Portman. And who knew that casual sex would be such refreshing content here in the post-deadly-VD world. Curious what the feminist would think about this film--is it as pro woman as I think it is, or is it just a mark off and therefore quite anti-woman. Like if I say, you're a good runner vs. you're a good runner for a ...
Sliver (1/5)
Eszterhas (of Showgirls and Basic Instinct favor) knows how to pen the sleazeball material, and thankfully Billy Baldwin and Sharon Stone love reading it. Plenty of male tail, vomitous high class flirting, a fun workout date where Stone's character is apparently working out her uterus, and--now that I myself have had some real sexual intercourse--the most ridiculous sex. I think I saw this in the theater back in '93, full price. Still a bit ...
Vanilla Sky (2/5)
Cruise and Crowe take all the good will and cash they earned with Jerry Maguire and put out the most bizarre big budget film of the decade. Wall-to-wall pop music does its best to make things soft and cuddly, but the material is dark and nasty. Credit to Diaz who puts up a riveting performance as the obsessed homicidal girlfriend (I was just complaining about her in Knight & Day). There are so many fascinating ideas and scenes in this film, ...
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Rio (2/5)
Bumbling obnoxious animals and humans share dumb matchmaking adventures and learn to follow their hearts and literally fly. Two stars for magnificently rendering the cityscape. Please no sequel.
Source Code (4/5)
The same director as Moon, which I enjoyed. Chicago looks beautiful, and the occasional tripod shot broke up the moods quite well--nowadays everything is flying around on cranes to keep us awake. I like it when a director takes risks like that.