Christ this is bad. Not just regular bad either. Not ‘half-assed–I–knew-this-would-suck-Michael-Bay bad’. This is ‘Luc Besson bad’….
The Crazies
2 CommentsFebruary 23, 2010 – 2:01 pm
If your plan is to make an all-action popcorn flick, the Holocaust isn’t a port of call most directors would consider making, but Brett Eisner’s Romero reboot somehow manages to make it a completely acceptable analogy even while we’re watching Radha Mitchell fight off bands of bat-shit locals with a pitchfork.
The Lovely Bones
2 CommentsFebruary 15, 2010 – 1:43 pm
Blah blah blah Lord of the Rings dude blah blah blah murdered child blah blah blah based on Alice Sebold’s bestseller blah blah blah…
The weight of sure-fire hit mix expectations and complex emotionally and intellectually stimulating source material should be enough to weight The Lovely Bones down in it’s grave, and after his giant monkey mis-step, it’s surprising and heartening to see Jackson deliver a mature fantasy thriller, although he struggles to keep multiple plot-threads from unravelling.
Tony
2 CommentsFebruary 11, 2010 – 1:36 pm
Dennis Nielson transplanted to an ultra miserabalist Hackney council estate hardly sounds like riveting entertainment, but Gerard Johnson’s deconstructionalist take on everyday serial killing manages to dig some very black laughs out of the grim setting..
