|
Written by Scott Meadow
|
|
Saturday, 10 February 2007 (read 2165 times) |
 Jack shows us again why he's Jack. Welcome back. |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Written by Scott Meadow
|
|
Wednesday, 13 September 2006 (read 2964 times) |
|
Okay, I don't do this very often in this column but here ya go: go see Crank, the furiously fast-paced action film by writers-directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, released through Lionsgate films. It's one of those movies for people who love seeing movies because they love movies, not just because it's based upon a comic book property, the hottest actor/actress, or yet another remake of a thirty-year old flick. Crank is 87 minutes long, it's rated R for excellent reasons, and if you see one movie in the next few months, make it this one, even twice. |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Written by Scott Meadow
|
|
Tuesday, 18 July 2006 (read 2671 times) |
|
A woman and her daughter are forced to move into a really crummy dump and before you know it weird things start happening, most of them involving water. Lots of water. And more really rusty, crummy, dark and danky water. There's water, water everywhere, and, presumably, even a ghost for no clear reason. But you won't see that until just before the credits are ready to scroll. Meanwhile, you get to watch mom (Jennifer Connelly) fritter away her days doing household chores, talking with her divorce lawyer (Tim Roth), and taking care of daughter Ceci (Ariel Gade) who goes to a really cool elementary school nearby. Feel those chills down your spine? Did I mention there's lots of water? |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Written by Scott Meadow
|
|
Wednesday, 14 June 2006 (read 1922 times) |
|
Ashley Judd is a newly promoted homocide detective who drinks each night until she blacks out, has sex with anonymous strangers, and then starts noticing her boy toys are turning up dead all over the city. Toss in a backstory that includes a serial killer father and that she was raised by her dad's old cop partner (Samuel Jackson), and you've got Twisted, a story in the same general thriller vein of Gothica (2003) and Saw (2004) only without the thrilling suspense. Here, let's go ahead and save you 96 minutes: the bad guy is Sam Jackson. Dead people saw this 7-8 minutes into the picture and you would too. Save yourself the trouble. |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Written by Scott Meadow
|
|
Wednesday, 14 June 2006 (read 1708 times) |
|
Being a creature of the VCR/DVD generation, I've never read an Elmore Leonard novel. Not because I don't ever read anything, just because I don't tend to read things that get made into movies. Generally I prefer to just wait for the movie itself and skip the 80,000 word lead-in, because once you translate into film it becomes its own entirely different experience. So I can only imagine how disappointed Elmore Leonard readers are with Be Cool, especially since the author himself got an executive producer credit. |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
|
<< Start < Previous 1 2 3 4 Next > End >>
|
| Results 1 - 9 of 29 |
