Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Chuck: Season 5

Just when I get severely disappointed with this show, it pulls out a series ending like that one.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0934814/

Friday, June 22, 2012

Bill Cunningham New York

Verve, charisma, adorability, history, and above all, fashion. What more could you want from a New Yawk documentary?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1621444/

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

More tramping through wet fields than necessary, but a serviceable portrayal of a deeply disturbing novel.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1186342/

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

30 Minutes or Less

I liked the Datsun joke until I saw the Datsun. (A 280Z is spanky. We had a clunky little 510.)

Monday, June 18, 2012

Slums of Beverly Hills

It was worth it just to see a menstrual belt again. (Man, that hearkens back.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120831/

Longford

It's good to know there are some truly kind people in this world.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0759612/

Submarine

I can't believe British parents are really that stolid. That's part of the joke, right?

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Friday, June 15, 2012

The Grey

Just in case I'm ever stuck in Alaska, I hope that this movie had some real science behind it.

The Whistleblower

I wasn't able to watch this with subtitles, and it really made no difference whatsoever.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0896872/

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

The Guard

Och, who cares how predictable it is. It's the Irish Fargo.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1540133/

The Rum Diary

Ribisi does what no other actor does: create brilliantly insane characters that are only that way because he's acting his ass off.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0376136/

Monday, June 11, 2012

The Muppets

While it's a clever attempt to cash in on all the nostalgia films, it's sweet enough not to matter.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1204342/

Contraband


Is it the illicit nature of what we watch that we enjoy (vicarious) or is it stars being predictably entertaining that we enjoy (routine)?

Mr. Brooks


Really? A serial killer randomly meeting another serial killer?

Edge of Darkness


Mr. Gibson, who cannot be discounted due to his action chops, is not well serviced by the script here.