Archive for September, 2009
They love Paris: So do we
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Denerstein Unleashed
Juliette Binoche and Romain Duris in Paris.
Anyone who has been to Paris — and I’m lucky enough to be able to say I have — knows that the city has a special, almost ineffable allure. If one were going to design a city meant to appeal to the [...]
For this poet, romance didn’t include sex
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Denerstein Unleashed
Abbie Cornish and Ben Whishaw in Bright Star.
I’m plagued by many wishes. I wish, for example, that Jane Campion’s Bright Star didn’t begin to lag about three-quarters of the way through. I wish that the wonderful Australian actress Abbie Cornish, who plays the lover of poet John Keats [...]
Movie Preview: Vampire Girl Vs. Frankenstein Girl
Rating 4.00 out of 5
[?]Written by Black Entertainment USA
Sometimes you just run across a title that makes you say ‘What is that?’ Well that’s how I found Vampire Girl Vs. Frankenstein Girl.
This is not what you might be thinking. It’s a foreign film - Japanese. It’s filled with gore and the concept of PC has [...]
A comedy about price-fixing? It’s true
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Denerstein Unleashed
Matt Damon turns whistle blower in The Informant!Three cheers for The Informant!, a movie that defies expectation by denying us a rooting interest — unless it’s our wish that sanity might suddenly prevail in what director Steven Soderbergh presents as an intricate web of irresponsibility and corruption.
The lack [...]
Movie Preview: Surrogates
Rating 4.00 out of 5
[?]Written by Black Entertainment USA
What if you were to take the themes of WestWorld and The Matrix, add in a waldo (not the character) and some I Robot (the book not the substandard movie), what might you get? Well these are likely sources that helped to create Surrogates.
The concept is hardly [...]
Movie Preview: Zombieland
Rating 4.00 out of 5
[?]Written by Black Entertainment USA
Sometimes you just want to go to a movie and be completely distracted from reality. Those types of movies that acheieve this distraction the best tend to never win Oscar’s or anything else. But at their best they are like what some call comfort foods. They satiate [...]
Sports fans and other fanatics
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Denerstein Unleashed
HE’S ALL TALK, SPORTS TALK THAT IS
Patton Oswalt prepares for a radio call-in.
Big Fan’s kick derives in large measure from the performance of Patton Oswalt, a comedian who plays a rabid New York Giants fan who works as a parking lot attendant but truly comes alive when he [...]
Movie Review: Gamer
Rating 4.00 out of 5
[?]Written by Black Entertainment USA
First there was Rollerball (the original) then came The Running Man. Add in a bit of Resident Evil (at least how it plays off of it’s video game origins) and when you mix it all up you get Gamer. Well a handfull of hallucinogens helps too.
Perhaps its [...]
He pays to lose his soul
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Denerstein Unleashed
Paul Giamatti prepares to surrender his soul.
Director Sophie Barthes‘ Cold Souls opened in Denver without benefit of a display ad in any newspaper and with no local reviewer weighing in on the movie, which was not screened in advance. That’s too bad because Barthes’ movie merits attention, even [...]
Dark humor goes back to high school
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Denerstein Unleashed
A rare moment of happiness in World’s Greatest Dad.
Aside from the face of a forlorn beagle, few living creatures are capable of looking more crestfallen than Robin Williams. When in full bloom, Williams’ sadness has a near accusatory quality, as if he expects someone to break through the [...]
An animated view of post-apocalyptic life
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Denerstein Unleashed
Searching for meaning in a desolate world.
Early at a preview screening of the movie 9, I took this note: 9 joins with 5 in search of 2. This number-heavy plot summary makes sense — and then only marginally — when you realize that the characters in director Shane [...]
George Hamilton, the early years
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Denerstein Unleashed
Renee Zellweger displays her charms in My One and Only.
When you see My One and Only – the surprisingly entertaining story of actor George Hamilton’s early years — you’ll know why Hamilton often appears to be in such good humor. The reasons aren’t obvious. Hamilton’s dad philandered, and [...]
Two comedies; too few laughs
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Denerstein Unleashed
Sanrda Bullock leaps into badness in All About Steve.
Not enough laughs in Jason Bateman’s factory.
With Labor Day weekend upon us, it would be nice to report that there are comedy treats to be had at the nation’s multiplex. Sorry, not by my measure.
You might, however, take the weekend [...]
