Archive for February, 2010

A comedy that cops out on laughs

Rating 3.00 out of 5

[?]Submitted by Denerstein Unleashed

Tracy Morgan and Bruce Willis are not funny together.
Before I persuaded myself - coerced might be a better word - to write about the new comedy Cop Out, I watched a bunch of Tracy Morgan clips on You Tube. I’d already heard Morgan being interviewed by Terry Gross [...]

Tough teen times, ‘Fish Tank’ reviewed

Rating 3.00 out of 5

[?]Submitted by Denerstein Unleashed

Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender in a moment of normalcy.
Fish Tank — which tells the story of a hostile 15-year-old who lives in a decaying London suburb — strikes a perfect balance between distressing content and unobtrusive style. As a result, the movie earns its place as a gritty [...]