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The Fighter
Out of all of David O. Russell’s films, which include “Three Kings”, “I Heart Huckabees”, and “Flirting With Disaster”, this may be one of the most accessible to a regular audience. And strangely, it’s one of his most character-influenced. This is a film about people; and more specifically, family. It’s got a boxing background story, but it’s not really about boxing. Maybe that’s why it was called “The Fighter” instead; then again, we already have a film called “The Boxer”. In any event, Russell’s mark isn’t exactly all over this picture--but it’s still very well made, and it’s extremely well ...
Tron Legacy
In 1982 we were introduced to a different kind of science fiction action film: a computer action film. These days, that may sound either common or at least, somewhat exciting. But back in 1982, computers were fairly unknown and computer games were extremely rare. But Disney was willing to shell out for a film called "Tron", which was about computers and computer hackers and computer games. It revolved around very basic colors and designs, but make them look very unique even if the story seemed lethargic and 4-bit. The film gathered some good reviews at the time, and eventually became ...
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1
The Harry Potter series has dominated this past decade in book and film, and it’s finally coming to a close next summer with the concluding part of the final entry, “The Deathly Hallows.” I’ve been a fan of the book series; but the movies have been an up and down thing for me. Some of them, like “Prisoner of Azkaban”, “Order of the Phoenix”, and especially the last film, “The Half-Blood Prince”, have been rewarding movie going experiences. “The Deathly Hallows”, unfortunately, is piled in with the other movies as sloppy, slow, and in this case, overly brooding. The film starts ...
Jackass 3-D
Celebrating their 10th anniversary, the Jackass crew is back. I always find it tricky to actually review a “Jackass” movie because these aren’t really “films”, per se. There’s no storyline or plot or theme or even acting. Just about everything in a “Jackass” movie involves extremely dangerous, extremely stupid, and almost always disgusting stunts and pranks. But as much as they may seem classless and gross, I enjoy the hell out of them. And “Jackass 3-D” is no different. For those who are fans of the series, you will not be disappointed. Everyone gets their turn, including Johnny “Pretty Boy” Knoxville ...
Best Worst Movie
In 1990, a little movie appeared on HBO's schedule an awful lot called "Troll 2". Bearing no resemblance and having nothing to do with the 1986 "Troll", there was already something off about this movie. But that title was just one of the many, many things wrong with the film. First, there were no actual trolls in it (they were referred to as "goblins" which is a different race in folklore); second, the film up and down, left and right (B,A,B,A select start) was just downright...terrible. But there was something about it that was highly amusing, too. Lines like "You can't ...
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