Carano, you have arrived! Swift shot: From the jump, let me just say I am not a Soderbergh fan, I didn't care for Ocean's Eleven; I am not big into the heist movies, they are always rife with double-crosses and become pretentious parodies of anything worthwhile in my earnest opinion. But, regardless of that disclaimer, I actually liked Haywire despite its obvious … [Read more...] about Haywire
Archives for January 2012
Somewhere
A whole lot of nothing! The H-Bomb: Johnny Marco (Stephen Dorff) is an A-list movie star living the Hollywood Bad Boy life; boozing, partying, women, so on and so forth. Basically, all the drinking, all the drugging, all the screwing are supposed too compensate for the fact that, despite being filthy rich and successful, his life is pretty damn boring (just so you … [Read more...] about Somewhere
Beauty and the Beast 3D
Originally released in 1991, “Beauty and the Beast” was the 30th Disney animated film. It may be over 20 years old now but, like most Disney animated films, it’s timeless. And hey, this one is a tale as old as time, right?? Belle (Paige O’Hara) lives with her father Maurice (Rex Everhart) in a village in France. Everyone in their village thinks they are both … [Read more...] about Beauty and the Beast 3D
The Devil Inside
You almost never see God, but the devil makes his presence known . . . daily Swift shot: The Vatican does not authorize the recording of any exorcisms, this was the film's disclaimer, and at my screening they actually had priests handing out the Prayer of Saint Christopher on little slips of paper. Right before the film started, those same priests reminded us that … [Read more...] about The Devil Inside
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
The lifeless 'circus' Swift shot: Boring, Boring, Boring, Spy. I had just one expectation for this film . . . to be less dull and uninspired than "The Good Shepherd", and it was actually worse! Everyone knows that US Intelligence is by far more sexy than the stuffy Brits, so I anticipated a lot of pensive thinking and intrigue in this film, but I thought The Good … [Read more...] about Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy