Now Playing: Life in Cronenbergia
‘Cosmopolis’ is an interesting departure from David Cronenberg’s recent straightforward feature films. It’s a movie that left me feeling bitter and cold, and I’m not sure if that’s a good or bad...
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Now Playing: ‘Lawless’ – Certainly Not Flawless
What happens when a maskless Bane takes over the Prohibition Era and starts selling his own bootleg alcohol? ‘Lawless’-ness.
Now Playing: A Nice, Albeit Mild, Little ‘Rush’
I find it an utter tragedy when a movie takes an exceptionally good idea, yet through execution doesn’t fully meet its potential. For example, the concept of ‘The Happening‘ is fantastic: a contagion is passed ar...
Now Playing: ‘Timothy Green’ Is People!
There’s absolutely nothing wrong with watching a little sentimental movie from time to time. While ‘The Odd Life of Timothy Green’ isn’t the best film of this sort, it’s fortunately far from the worst...
Now Playing: True (Fictional) Romance
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, the directors of 2006’s ‘Little Miss Sunshine‘, have finally returned to the big screen with ‘Ruby Sparks’, an intriguing, entertaining and downright charming little...
Now Playing: No Winners in This ‘Campaign’
How many flops will it take for studios and filmmakers to realize that Will Ferrell’s star has faded? I used to love the guy, but how many times can he play the same character? Ferrell has proven that he’s capable of a...
Now Playing: ‘Bourne’ Again
Matt Damon is Jason Bourne. He’s the face of the franchise, and even influenced the major tone and style shift of the James Bond franchise. ‘The Bourne Legacy’ doesn’t reboot or erase Damon’s three pr...
Now Playing: The Wimpiest ‘Wimpy Kid’
Some people find the ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ movies irritating, I find them somewhat charming. Are they annoyingly repetitive and full of kid-style toilet humor? Yes. Do they keep kids engaged at the movies? Yes. Do the...
Now Playing: Deja Vu All Over Again
The trailer for Len Wiseman’s new ‘Total Recall’ update left me wondering why anyone would remake this movie. It looked scene-for-scene identical to the original film, just with newer visual effects and different...
Now Playing: Don’t Bother to ‘Watch’
I’m trying to think of a more dismally unfunny comedy than ‘The Watch’, but I can’t. (Maybe ‘The Dilemma’.) The movie is 98 grueling minutes of dick jokes. Unfunny dick jokes.
Now Playing: ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Soars
I believe in Christopher Nolan. For me, there was never any doubt that ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ would be a worthy finale to his Batman trilogy. I went in with expectations even higher than ‘The Dark Knight’,...
Now Playing: ‘Ice Age’ Franchise Ready To Be Set A-&#
Let it be known up front that I’m not a fan of the ‘Ice Age’ series. The voice cast is sub-par. (Who honestly believes that Ray “Monotone” Romano is a good choice for an animated kids’ movie?) T...