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WELCOME TO MARWEN

December 25, 2018 By Leave a Comment

WELCOME TO MARWEN

There is little that tugs more insistently at my heartstrings, cinematically at least, than a film that genuinely means well and falls short. And so it is with WELCOME TO MARWEN, a showcase of CGI and of Steve Carrell’s dramatic chops, but of little else. The story is based on the life of Mark Hogencamp,… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a true story, brain damage, fantasy world, hate crime

ALLIED

November 23, 2016 By 1 Comment

ALLIED

There is an artistic license that we allow films that sweep us along when their emotional resonance is overpowering. Minor plot points that aren’t resolved, or factual errors.  For an example of the latter, one need look no further than the Letters of Transit, desired by so many in CASABLANCA.  No such thing.  Yet it… Read More »

Tagged With: Casablanca, Nazi, romance, spies, World War II

CHRISTMAS CAROL, A

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

A great deal of money has been expended in order to bring the Robert Zemeckis 3D animated version of A CHRISTMAS CAROL to the screen.  And yet, for all the showy set pieces that have Scrooge (Jim Carrey) hurtling through the stratosphere at breakneck speeds creating dizzying tableaux of impressively changing perspectives, every woman in… Read More »

BEOWULF

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

The retelling of BEOWULF by Robert Zemeckis, Neil Gaiman, and  Roger Avary stays true to the rip-snorting quality of it that has enthralled people for 1500 years or so, a few bored freshman English students at the mercy of teachers who couldn’t engage their enthusiasm notwithstanding. This computer-generated Beowulf is full of swagger, pride, and… Read More »

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