Black Widow (****1/2) – The heart that binds
This is the right story for someone of Johansson’s ability, stature and sense of self.
The Death of Stalin (****): A demo of socialists
The Death of Stalin – 2017 Director Armando Iannucci Screenplay Armando Iannucci, David Schneider, Ian Martin, Peter Fellows based on the book by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin Starring Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine, Rupert Friend, Jason […]
The November Man (*): Is about as smooth as a Movember Man
November Man – 2014 Director Roger Donaldson Starring Pierce Brosnan, Luke Bracey, Olga Kurylenko, Eliza Taylor, Caterina Scorsone, Bill Smitrovich, Will Patton Screenplay by Michael Finch and Karl Gajdusek based on the Bill Granger book, There Are No Spies […]
Vampire Academy Action, Exposition, Action, Exposition vomit.
Vampire Academy – 2014 Director Mark Waters Starring Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry, Danila Kozlovsky, Gabriel Byrne, Dominic Sherwood, Joely Richardson, Olga Kurylenko, Sarah Hyland Screenplay by Daniel Waters based on the book by Richelle Mead There is a moment in the hyper-kinetic story Vampire Academy when, in the midst of some crucial exposition between the two protagonists, a crow flies right between them into a […]
Oblivion: A nice, unoriginal Sci-Fi story with great visual flair
Oblivion – 2013 Director Joseph Kosinski Starring Tom Cruise, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Melissa Leo, Morgan Freeman Screenplay Joseph Kosinski, Karl Gajdusek, Michael Arndt So many elements are borrowed from other sources in Oblivion, it’s remarkable that it […]
Seven Psychopaths: Sam Rockwell out-Walken’s Walken.
Seven Psychopaths – 2012 Written and Directed by Martin McDonagh Starring Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken, Tom Waits, Abbie Cornish, Olga Kurylenko The craziest notion in the film […]
