My companion saw the 1974 original film adaptation of John Goday’s novel, remade here by Serious Director Tony Scott, and he reported that the original was just not this serious in tone. At the time, I couldn’t imagine a movie taking itself more seriously; the more I thought about it, though, the less serious it [...]
The best thing about Duplicity is its leading actors – not just the snappy chemistry of Julia Roberts and Clive Owen, but also the vein-popping rivalry of Paul Giamatti and Tom Wilkinson. Duplicity hops back and forth through time, but is stingy with clues to anchor the viewer in a particular timeline (even globetrotting doesn’t [...]
The previews for this make it sounds like the banks are in your pocket, bugging your phones, using your PIN numbers for hostage negotiations, which of course sounds ridiculous. I am pleased to report that while the bank(s) in this movie aren’t doing anything remotely like that, they are doing some other equally un-banking-like, [...]
The Coen brothers pulled a deep and luscious film out of their pocket last year with No Country For Old Men. Eschewing their usual flavor of folksy, odd characters and detached amusement, that film was a Big Deal. With Burn After Reading, on the surface, the Coens have returned to their capriciously intellectual [...]
This may not sound like a positive statement, but it actually is: This movie is not for everyone. In the spirit of Pennies From Heaven, a Brechtian comment on the mental musical as a way to express the inner thoughts of a character, this film goes a step or two beyond to include the confusing [...]
I walked out of a free screening of Down To Earth after 30 minutes, and, unwilling to just go home in the chilly rain, slipped into Head Over Heels. I have to admit, I (and my companion, with whom I rarely harmonize in movie selection) enjoyed this little film. Freddie Prinz Jr. has [...]
