Tag: Helen Mirren
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Shazam! Fury of the Gods (*1/2) is a last gasp
If there’s nothing else – and here there really isn’t – the film is worth viewing just for Levi alone.
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F9 The Fast Saga – Director’s Cut (**): Beef and cheese in space
It’s not every film that allows Diesel to live out his dream of playing Gandalf at the Bridge at Khazad-dûm.
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Fast & Furious discovers their presents: Hobbs & Shaw (***1/2)
If you miss the buddy movies of the 80’s and 90’s, wait no more. The trope is back and it’s winning again.
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The Hundred-Foot Journey (**) feels like a trip to McDonald’s
The Hundred-Foot Journey – 2014 Director Lasse Hallström Starring Helen Mirren, Om Puri, Manish Dayal, Charlotte Le Bon Screenplay Steven Knight based on the book by Richard C. Morais Part of the problem with the wave of Oprah Winfrey endorsed artistic product is that every story feels so antiseptic to actual living. The story that would otherwise be compelling feels…
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Monsters University: Didn’t know we needed this
Monsters University – 2013 Director Dan ScanlonStarring Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Sean Hayes, Joel Murray, Dave Foley, Peter Sohn, Charlie Day, Helen Mirren, Alfred Molina, Nathon Fillon, Aubrey Plaza, Tyler Labine, Bonnie Hunt, Bill Hader, John RatzenbergerScreenplay Daniel Gerson, Robert L. Baird, Dan Scanlon It took 29 films for Disney to come up with its first sequel (Rescuers Down Under).…
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R.E.D. 2: More of the same, thank God.
R.E.D. 2 – 2013 Director Dean Parisot Starring Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Anthony Hopkins, Mary-Louise Parker, Lee Byung-hun, Brian Cox, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Neal McDonough Screenplay Jon and Eric Hoeber based on Red by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner There are many movies out now that I would like to see. Even so, the Grouchnapper and I went on…
Ebert Did It Better: Gasbag Reviews 