Someone please pick my jaw up from off the floor. I have just witnessed one of my new favorite bad movies of all time, the James Franco/Sienna Miller rom-com, Camille. Wow. I’ll try my darnedest not to get too spoiler-heavy (no guarantees), but let’s just say that by the time Franco climbed onto the back [...]
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>> 007: Quantum of Solace (7/10)
Last night, almost directly after seeing the new James Bond flick, Quantum of Solace, I posted the following on a message board that I frequent: “Well, it’s definitely a James Bond movie, but it feels like a minor step back from the emotional gravitas of Casino Royale to the almost nonsensical high-octane of the Brosnan [...]
>> Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa (6/10)
I refuse to believe that there are Madagascar fans out there among us–people who cite the first film as one of their all-time favorite films ever. If those people existed, then their Christmas is truly here, three years later, in the form of Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa. To me, Madagascar was wholly unremarkable. Madagascar [...]
>> Changeling (6/10)
Changeling, the new film from director Clint Eastwood, is an unabashed melodrama. What exactly does that mean? Webster’s defines it as “a work (as a movie or play) characterized by extravagant theatricality and by the predominance of plot and physical action over characterization.” Wikipedia gets a little wordier: Melodramas tend to be formulaic productions, with [...]
