Category: 1.5 Stars
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Dredd: A world that no one wants to live in
Dredd – 2012 Director Pete Travis Starring Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Wood Harris, Leana Headey Written Alex Garland One could suppose that there is an attempt at some artistic statement to be made with the world as it appears in Dredd, which is the 2nd attempt at starting a franchise based on the comic book. Something akin to…
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The Apparition: The only thing we have to fear is bad cinema
The Apparition – 2012 Written and Directed by Todd Lincoln Starring Ashley Greene, Sebastian Stan, Tom Felton, Juliana Guill, Luke Pasqualino, Suzanne Ford There are lots of dumb aspects to The Apparition: The acting: There are plenty of decent actors in the film. Felton spent the better part of a decade being one of the nemeses of Harry Potter.…
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Darling Companion: Woof.
Darling Companion – 2012 Directed by Lawrence Kasdan Starring Kevin Kline, Diane Keaton, Elisabeth Moss, Sam Shepard, Richard Jenkins, Dianne Wiest, Mark Duplass Written by Lawrence & Meg Kasdan What the hell is this? Lawrence Kasdan at one time, was one of the best talents in Hollywood. The Empire Strikes Back, the better half of Return of the…
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The Innkeepers is a pedestrian ride
The Innkeepers – 2011 Written and Directed by Ti West Starring Sara Paxton, Pat Healy, Kelly McGillis There’s a deliberate method to The Innkeepers that reminds me of a time, in the late ’70’s and early ’80’s, when people of limited means and imaginations made movies for regular broadcast television intended to give kids a scare, but not too…
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The Sitter has too many issues to get real laughs
The Sitter – 2011 Directed by David Gordon Green Starring Jonah Hill, Ari Graynor, Max Records, Sam Rockwell, J.B. Smoove, Method Man, Erin Daniels, D.W. Moffett, Landry Bender, Kevin Hernandez, Kylie Bunbury, Jessica Hecht Screenplay by Brian Gatewood, Alessandro Tanaka The question that occurs to me, while watching The Sitter, is the following: what in the hell…
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Atlas Shrugged, Part 1: …Paved with good intentions
Atlas Shrugged, Part 1 – 2011 Directed by Paul Johansson Starring Taylor Schilling, Grant Bowler, Matthew Mardsen, Graham Beckel, Edi Gathegi, Jsu Garcia, Michael Lerner, Michael O’Keefe, Patrick Fischler, Jon Polito Written by John Aglialoro, Brian Patrick O’Toole[ based on the novel by Ayn Rand A few years back, when I found that they were making a…
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Apollo 18: Let’s pretend it didn’t happen
Apollo 18 – 2011 Directed by Gonzalo López-Gallego Starring Warren Christie, Lloyd Owen, Ryan Robbins Written by Brian Miller For all of those who have heard that this movie is Paranormal Activity in space…don’t hold your breath. It’s not that good. It’s definitely not as good as the 2nd film, but it approaches the ending of…
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