Author: coolpapae
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A Simple Favor (*****) deserves another
#asimplefavor “This film has legs. Like it’s story, no one expected it, but it will leave its viewers entertained and rewarded. ”
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Hell Fest (**1/2) – Surprise! It doesn’t suck!
#hellfest “…The success of the scenarios with which the characters are dispatched varies. There are some pretty good scares and some surprising misses. Then there’s some dumb stuff to balance it out. Whether this is good or not depends on how you think the good compares to the bad. For this viewer, the last scene…
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Mandy (***1/2) has a terrible beauty
If all things are fair and square, there will be a good, long career for Panos Cosmatos and his Cinematographer, Benjamin Loeb. The images they create in the time frame of 2 hours could last in the minds of viewers for a lifetime. The story may hold less complication than the images deserve, but together…
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The Predator (***1/2) gets chopped up
The Predator is enjoyable, but it sure is fast, hard and choppy. Many of the scenes that might help build pull the story along for the slow and dimwitted are excised in favor of seeing people get sliced in half and repeatedly skewered by those massive retractable claws. Whether it’s a fair trade or not…
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The NuN (***): Can’t quite live up to its incredible promise.
There are some good moments here, but in general, this film doesn’t measure up to any of the previous efforts of Hardy or the Conjuring films. It feels like a placeholder, when it is clear the crowds that are going to swarm to this film expected a tentpole.
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Golden Sombrero: The descent into decent – Cameron Crowe and Elizabethtown (**1/2)
The film doesn’t fail big. It only does so politely.
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Forgotten Gem? – 2001: A Space Odyssey at 50 in IMAX
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Is this one of my favorite films? Not by a long shot. It’s Kubrick’s finest 142 minutes though, and it definitely needs to be experienced by everyone at least once. Just make sure the screen is large enough to encompass what’s great about it, and make sure your stereo dulls the piercingly high register. This…
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Alpha (**) Doesn’t have a dog in the hunt
This film will not stick with me too much beyond this week, to be sure. It’s just another approximation of stuff we’ll never be able to prove. Hughes might want to stick with future apocalypse stuff like The Book of Eli, since most of his work seems to be based on stuff placed for effect…
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Crazy Rich Asians (***1/2) leaves you wanting…happily
Like anything, though, it’s a vote to see better films of a various cultures when one supports a variety of films from those different cultures. I enjoyed learning a bit about the history of Singapore and I look forward to discovering more. At some point, perhaps we’ll get more epic stories. For now, I will…
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Adams and Jefferson on Movies: Gene Hackman
CoolPapaE: When I heard the recent announcement that Robert Redford was retiring from acting, I thought, what better time than now for us to discuss one of the best actors of his generation: Gene Hackman. Of course you agreed. Hackman has been a favorite of yours, mine and Roger Ebert as far back as we’ve…
Ebert Did It Better: Gasbag Reviews 