A cunning and highly sought after criminal (played by Eduardo Noriega, a great name for a villain, let alone an actor) is on the loose. A desperate federal officer (Forest Whitaker) is unable to catch him in time, especially when a super-fast Corvette, able to hit 197 miles in a second, is the getaway car. What the fugitive doesn’t expect is that, in order to meet his … [Read more...] about The Last Stand New Movie Review
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Promised Land New Movie Review
The controversial issue of “fracking” the land to mine natural gasses becomes a drama from director Gus Van Sant, one of our most versatile filmmakers. Like Norma Rae, Silkwood and The China Syndrome, this is a “message movie” that’s also solid entertainment. The film’s stars and screenwriters, Matt Damon and John Krasinski, aren’t interested in preaching to their audience or … [Read more...] about Promised Land New Movie Review
The Sessions Film Review
Here’s a true story that shouldn’t work as a movie, let alone a movie this good. John Hawkes stars as Mark O’Brien, a Polio survivor who spends hours of his life in an iron lung and cannot do his day to day activities without the assistance of someone to dress him and push him around on a cart. O’Brien is a poet with a brilliant mind and a healthy, even cynical attitude about … [Read more...] about The Sessions Film Review
The Odd Life Of Timothy Green New Movie Review
Here’s one you may not have heard before: the Greens are a married couple (played by Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton) grieving over their inability to conceive. One night, they comfort one another by writing down everything they’d want in a perfect child on individual pieces of paper, placing them in a box and burying it in their backyard. Suddenly, a thunderstorm magically … [Read more...] about The Odd Life Of Timothy Green New Movie Review
The Campaign New Movie Review
Recommending The Campaign to audiences is like telling a dirty joke in a crowded room. You nervously hope people will find it as funny as you did, even if the joke in question is cheap, off-color and completely tasteless. Will Ferrell stars as Cam Brady, a dim-witted, womanizing, and utterly insincere democratic candidate running for congress. Brady is a career-politician who … [Read more...] about The Campaign New Movie Review