A film, long, long overdue, in a decade not so far away Swift shot: Despite a tacky soundtrack and a high-school AV club font for the credits which looked like it was ripped right from Windows Paint, this film delivered some solid memories. Thanks to the previews, I was expecting it to have modern music for the sound, ala "A Knight's Tale" and "Marie Antoinette", but … [Read more...] about Red Tails
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Haywire
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
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
"Next time I seduce the rich guy." Swift shot: Mission Improbable is a better title, or maybe Mission Incredible - as in has no credence. I go into these types of films with a high suspension of disbelief tolerance, but when the very element that MAKES this not just a "spy film" but rather an IMF film is so poorly executed, where even one of the lead characters has … [Read more...] about Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
"Be careful what you fish for!" Swift shot: Frantically paced, clever, fun, with an imaginative script. Holmes and Watson find themselves married to their work, in more ways than one, as they match wits with the fiendishly calculating Professor James Moriarty (Jared Harris) across Europe. Guy Ritchie turns in another winner this time with witty scribes Keiran and … [Read more...] about Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
The Devil’s Double
His father's son. The H-Bomb: It's the late 1980's, and Iraqi Soldier Latif Yahia (Dominic Cooper) has been summoned to Uday Hussein's office for a mysterious assignment. They went to school together way back in the day, but he has no idea what Uday could want with him now, except that he does bear an uncanny resemblance to the Iraqi leader's son. Aside … [Read more...] about The Devil’s Double
