Film Review: Despicable Me When Bad Guys Go Good With everybody in Hollywood—from DreamWorks ( Shrek ) to Sony ( Open Season ) to Paramount ( Barnyard ) to 20 th Century [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jul 08, 2010 Read More See
I Like To Watch (Instantly): Slap Shot, The Hunger Notable Titles From The Netflix Watch Instantly World Besides having the most eloquently foul-mouthed script this side of Repo Man, Slap Shot is also notable for its utterly authentic backdrop of [...] Jerry Cornelius \ Jul 01, 2010 Read More Slap Shot
Film Review: Exit Through The Gift Shop, Banksy’s “Documentary” About Rebellious Art Is Itself Rebellious Art Documentary About Rebellious Art Is Itself Rebellious Art OK, so here’s the setup: There’s this crazy French dude living in Los Angeles by the name of Thierry Guetta. He carries a [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jul 01, 2010 Read More Bansky testifies in an upcoming Mafia trial.
Film Review: Harry Brown British Revenge Thriller Bobbles The Tone But Nails The Cast Sure, you could be reductive and simplistic and write off Harry Brown as a belated British remake of Death Wish , but ... [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jun 24, 2010 Read More “Oi! Do ye feel lucky
I Like To Watch (Instantly): Suspiria, District 9, Smithereens Notable Titles From The Netflix Watch Instantly World By far the most inspired of Dario Argento’s many incoherent, illogical and visually splendiferous films. Skinny, gloomy Jessica Harper is manipulated and terrorized [...] Jerry Cornelius \ Jun 24, 2010 Read More Suspiria
I Like To Watch (Instantly): The Entity, The Beguiled Notable Titles From The Netflix Watch Instantly World I got turned on to this film when Martin Scorsese namechecked it on his list of the 11 scariest films of all time. [...] Jerry Cornelius \ Jun 24, 2010 Read More The Entity
Film Review: The Karate Kid Reboot Of Cheesy Classic Offers Few Kicks Despite (or perhaps because of) a certain temporal, dawn-of-the-MTV-era cheesiness, The Karate Kid has become a fondly remembered classic of ’80s cinema. It [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jun 10, 2010 Read More “Yeah
Film Review: La Mission Neighborhood Drama Paints Vivid Portrait Of People, Places And Prejudices The low-budget indie drama La Mission sure smells like a Hollywood vanity project. It’s produced by and stars Benjamin Bratt. And it’s written [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jun 03, 2010 Read More “... And what prize comes with that Happy Meal?”
Film Review: Sex And The City 2 Less Sex, Different City, Same Old Shenanigans In Sex and the City 2 , a group of elderly New York hookers travels to the shifting sands of the Middle East [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ May 27, 2010 Read More The Spice Girls have seen better days.
Film Review: Robin Hood Remade Myth Is Way Off The Mark But Still Somehow On Target One thing Hollywood has in spades is confidence. And Hollywood is pretty damn sure it knows better than you, me and every other [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ May 20, 2010 Read More “This would be an awesome place for a paintball field.”