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A LITTLE CHAOS — A Little Too Little

June 27, 2015 By Leave a Comment

A LITTLE CHAOS — A Little Too Little

A LITTLE CHAOS, not to be too precious about it, could have used a little more actual chaos. This handsomely executed historical drama is by turns ponderous and interesting, but interesting in a removed, unengaged fashion that renders the whole far less than the sum of its parts. Directed by co-star and co-writer Alan Rickman,… Read More »

Tagged With: Andre Le Notre, Duc d'Orleans, French Court, gacdening, historical drama, landscape architect, LouisXIV, macaroon, Sabine De Barra, Versailles

INSURGENT Keeps the DIVERGENT Franchise Puffing Along

March 20, 2015 By Leave a Comment

INSURGENT Keeps the DIVERGENT Franchise Puffing Along

The advantage of seeing outstanding actors in a middling film is that you can appreciate just how good they are on a whole new level.  And INSURGENT is certainly a middling film, though that is an improvement on the last installment in this franchise, DIVERGENT. With a new director, Robert Schwentke, bringing Veronica Roth’s YA… Read More »

Tagged With: Ashley Judd, book to screen, Chicago, cinema, DIVERGENT, dystopian future, factions, fantasy, film, INSURGENT, Kate Winslet, Miles Teller, movie, narrative, Octavia Spencer, Robert Schwentke, Sci-fi, Shailene Woodley, THeo James, Tony Goldwyn, Veronica Roth., young adult and tagged Ansel Elgort

LABOR DAY

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

LABOR DAY will leave you craving peach pie and your money back.  Based on the novel of the same name by Joyce Maynard, it is a leaden piece of work whose excellent acting and evocative direction can’t overcome a dicey beginning. Jason Reitman, he of JUNO, YOUNG ADULT, and UP IN THE AIR, directs from… Read More »

THE LIFE OF DAVID GALE

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

THE LIFE OF DAVID GALE is a great idea for a movie. Unfortunately, its fine direction by Alan Parker and excellent acting from a cast headed by Kevin Spacey is undercut by a script that would, charitably, receive a C+ in Screenwriting 101 for Charles Randolph. How it made it to the big screen in… Read More »

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ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND

Check to see if Hell has frozen over, if there are flocks of pigs flying overhead, if there’s a rip in the space/time continuum, because I’’ve seen something that I was sure would never happen: Jim Carrey giving a mature, nuanced performance that is both genuinely affecting and deeply moving. That grail that he has… Read More »

FLUSHED AWAY

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

FLUSHED AWAY is the rude title of a sometimes rude film, but one that unswervingly hews to an ebullient sense of whimsy. Whimsy is its birthright, this being first-ever CGI Aardman effort, they of Wallace and Grommit fame. Fear not, it uses special software to deliberately include the sorts of imperfections that are inherent in… Read More »

Tagged With: aardman, animation, clay, french, frog, mime, rat, sewer, toad

THE HOLIDAY

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Jude Law is glib. Cameron Diaz is perky. Kate Winslet is tragic in a perfect serio-comic way. They’re all gorgeous. And Jack Black, well, it’s hard to say what exactly he is doing in THE HOLIDAY as the object of Winslet’s eventual attraction. Writer/director Nancy Meyers certainly can’t be accused of typecasting by injecting Black,… Read More »

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