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Thursday, 20 November 2008 |
Written by
Bill Warren & AVRev.com
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"The Shawshank Redemption" was one of the best films of 1994, and firmly established Darabont --- making his feature debut as a director -- as one of the most promising directors in Hollywood. It's careful, thoughtful, intelligent moviemaking. The story itself has a certain pat quality, but Darabont concentrates on performances, the rhythms of prison life (and of the movie itself), and on the themes of this tale of friendship, hope and despair.
Maine, 1946. Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), a quiet young banker, is given two consecutive life terms for the murders of his philandering wife and her lover. He claims he's innocent, and we didn't see him commit the crimes; Andy's guilt or innocence is not a crucial issue at this point -- though his being denied justice is.
At first, Andy keeps pretty much to himself in prison, but forms ...
Thursday, 20 November 2008 |
Written by
Bill Warren & AVRev.com
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“Jarhead” is based on the best-selling memoir by Anthony Swofford about his experiences as a Marine before and during the Gulf War. The movie is in a long tradition of soldier training-and-action tales, often centering on the Marines, going back to the silent era and Lon Chaney’s “Tell It to the Marines.” The late 1940s brought “Sands of Iwo Jima” with John Wayne. In the 1950s there was “The Halls of Montezuma” with Richard Widmark; later came “Platoon” and “G.I. Jane.” In terms of story, “Jarhead” isn’t distinctly different from the films that came before, but it has one central difference: here our platoon of gung-ho volunteers never gets into a battle.
As he narrates, Anthony Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) reports for duty at Camp Pendleton in 1989. He tells us that after a man has been to battle with a rifle, ...
Friday, 14 November 2008 |
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Bill Warren & AVRev.com
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“Tropic Thunder” is a great idea for an action comedy that, unfortunately, is given only good, not great, treatment. Ben Stiller directs for the first time since “Zoolander,” and as with that half-baked movie, shows a lot more skill in front of the camera than he does behind it. The movie has a half-assed pace—sometimes brisk, sometimes plodding—and doesn’t really bother with much characterization. It also leaves some questions—like what happens to Nick Nolte?
It opens with a few amusing bogus trailers. Tugg Speedman (Stiller) is a major action star who had a big hit with “Scorcher,” which was followed by a string of declining sequels. Hoping to win an Oscar, he tackles a “demanding” role—a mentally-deficient farm worker in a movie called “Simple Jack.” But it was a bomb. Meanwhile, Australian super-duper actor and multiple Oscar winner Kirk Lazarus (Robert ...
Thursday, 13 November 2008 |
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Bill Warren & AVRev.com
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Pixar may be the only company that’s kind of boring because its movies are always—ALWAYS—terrific. Long or short, they’ve all been winners, and “WALL•E” is hardly an exception. It’s wise, touching, funny and exciting. Writer-Director Andrew Stanton, a Pixar veteran, has taken on formidable task: creating an animated movie mostly about robots—hard, inflexible metal—and told almost without dialogue. Nonetheless, the robots are expressive, the story is clear and involving. At times, it’s even exciting, especially when our little hero WALL•E reaches the spaceship carrying some human beings.
There’s a brief recap of the future history of Earth, briskly related to us by megacorporation BNL’s CEO Shelby Forthright (Fred Willard, in live-action footage). Pollution and population increase have made the Earth inhabitable, so humankind boards a fleet of luxury-craft spaceships, which head out on what’s intended to be a five-year cruise. During ...
Wednesday, 12 November 2008 |
Written by
Noah Fleming
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In 2005, "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" ignited the screen and imagination of teenage girls around the world. While not well received by critics, it found a certain following among film fans. Given a chance, the film grows on you. I first encountered the film during is run on the premium movie channels of my cable provider. I must say that I was intrigued. Something about the girls' friendship got to my heart.
Three years later Warner Bros. brings us a sequel. This is one sequel that could have only happened if all the original actors resumed their roles. Thankfully, that is the case here. Unfortunately, it is not quite enough. The sequel tries to cover too much. Each girl's crisis seems to fall second to something else. Ultimately, the film gets to where it is going. However, the road ...
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