Runtime: 1 hour 42 minutes Rating: NC-17 Director: William Friedkin Quick Impressions: We can never know the future, but one thing has been clear to me since early summer. No one will ever convince me to pay money to see The Words. In fact, someone will have to pay me …
Runtime: 1 hour, 55 minutes Rating: R Director: John Hillcoat Quick Impressions: Ever recognize an actor you weren’t expecting in a movie and realize, “Of course! He/she is in everything lately?” Can you imagine how weird it would be if that happened every time somebody new showed up on screen? …
17.) Dark Shadows (C+) What I Liked: Johnny Depp as vampire Barnabas Collins, Michelle Pfeiffer as soapy Elizabeth, the spectacular 1970s soundtrack, and the spooktacular visual atmosphere all get an A++. (And yet the movie gets a C+. Do I even need to mention how badly the film falters …
I’m continuing my series of posts ranking this summer’s releases in descending order and explaining my choices. In this post that follows, I discuss my third tier of summer movies, those in the B range: 13.) The Bourne Legacy (B) What I Liked: The Bourne Legacy offers plenty of thrills …
I’m continuing what I began in my last post, ranking my best films of the summer in descending order. Here are my thoughts on the films that didn’t quite make the top tier: 7.*) Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (A-) Why I Liked It: This movie is such a …
Now that September has come, I’ve ranked the twenty summer releases I’ve seen in descending order. Over the next few days, I will publish my rankings (and explanations) tier by tier. Here I give you the top tier, the six movies this summer I thought deserved a solid A, perhaps …
Runtime: 1 hour, 31 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: David Koepp Quick Impressions: Full Disclosure: Before seeing Premium Rush, I spent the afternoon shopping for a reasonably priced 24 X 36 inch poster frame, so that I can display the new giant London Underground map I recently purchased. Why? Am I …
Runtime: 1 hour, 27 minutes Rating: PG Directors: Michael Thurmeier, Steve Martino Quick Impressions: Since The Avengers, we’d been seeing at least one movie a week all summer. But then in July we went on a long vacation that made us miss Ice Age: Continental Drift and The Dark Knight Rises. We saw The Dark Knight Rises as soon as we got …
Runtime: 1 hour, 36 minutes Rating: PG Directors: Sam Fell, Chris Butler Quick Impressions:Since summer movie season started early back in May, we’ve been bombarded with previews for ParaNorman, Frankenweenie, and Hotel Transylvania. Seriously, those three previews seem to play back-to-back in front of every family-oriented movie out there. Basically, they all ran together for me, and ParaNorman didn’t look …
Runtime: 2 hours, 15 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Tony Gilroy Quick Impressions: Here’s the burning question the movie left me asking. What color pill did Dr. Shearing take? I mean, she looks like Rachel Weisz. She’s a brilliant research scientist. And she can keep up with a genetically enhanced super spy while wearing fashionable clothes (and …
