I AM A GOOD PERSON / I AM A BAD PERSON – For some reason, I thought this was going to be less narrative. I suppose that it was the sign Ingrid was wearing in production stills that accompanied the synopsis in the TIFF program book that made me imagine this as more abstract performance [...]
Read more →THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER – Ah, yes, Scots-accented-Russian. Sounds oddly like Klingon from the Star Trek films… I don’t really buy Alec Baldwin in this role; maybe it’s the slicked back hair? Maybe it’s that he feels more like a passenger than part of the action. THE IDES OF MARCH – An interesting look [...]
Read more →MISSION IMPOSSIBLE II – A secret, deadly, virus has been developed in order to sell a secret cure that wouldn’t have been commercially viable without a matching disease. Terrorists have stolen the cure, but now they need to get their hands on the disease. In the second film of the franchise, I start to wonder [...]
Read more →MISSION IMPOSSIBLE – Seems like an awful lot of work to go through to kill a handful of spies. The spring-loaded anti-spy device installed at the top of the elevator shaft alone would take months of design, manufacture and installation time. Would have been easier and cheaper just to have someone shoot him, but I [...]
Read more →INSOMNIA – Bad cop (Pacino) is called to a small town Alaska where things, surely, couldn’t go badly. His partner, who is partly THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS – One of my favorite things about this film only happened as a result of the death of Heath Ledger. The actor died, with a fair amount [...]
Read more →ART & COPY – This almost makes me think that advertising has a higher purpose. I almost leave this documentary wishing there was more advertising that tell such true and honest stories about the products that they’re selling… Oh, wait, feeling’s gone. It’s an interesting look at how advertising happens – from the back room, [...]
Read more →DUMB AND DUMBER – I still prefer the soundtrack to the film, but it’s one of the rare Jim Carrey films that isn’t wretch-inducing. It’s silly and over the top, but this story of morons on a cross country trip is a classic as far as I’m concerned
Read more →STAR TREK X: NEMESIS – I’m pretty sure this whole thing was a massive joke to try to disprove the “Even numbers not as bad” rule with the Star Trek films. Romulans, Remans, Picard Clones, Prison Planets… Meh. BOBBY FISCHER AGAINST THE WORLD – I really had no idea about Bobby Fischer’s story – I [...]
Read more →LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD – aka DIE HARD 4. This isn’t the best of the films for me, but I’d watch it over the second film anytime. I think the third film had its moments, but this one was more consistant. That said… For me, this is a film where technology is written somewhat [...]
Read more →STAR TREK IX: INSURRECTION – I liked the story here, with Data gone rogue right off the start. Again, it’s basically just a double length episode and could have played just as well on TV. There’s nothing special here, and it’s still not really a stand-alone film; there’s still a lot of issues with the [...]
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