Here’s a quick peek at what I’ve written up lately. For the full review, click on the title link!
Movie Review: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
God I love this time of year. Tons of great movies hitting the multiplexes. God I hate this time of year. Tons of reviews to crank out, and I’m a two-bit hack as it is. Oh well. Still with me? Okay, ‘cause you’re really gonna want to see The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Yeah, it’s up for two Golden Globes (one for actress Rooney Mara, and another for Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ score), but don’t go because it’s been nominated. Go because there’s a reason why it’s getting noticed; it’s good.
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Movie Review: Shame
Ooh, NC-17? Isn’t that dirty? Well, kinda. NC-17 is the rating that’s supposed to be used to separate intense filmmaking from the XXX sleazefests that pop up in adult movie theaters. You know, the theaters where the floor is sticky, and it’s not because of the butter on the popcorn. Okay, now I feel dirty. But sadly this rating has typically been given back-of-the-bus treatment, hoping that one day a film with this rating will resonate with viewers and grant it the respect it deserves.
Shame is the latest NC-17 film to hit theaters, and it stars X-Men: First Class hottie Michael Fassbender as a man who is a slave to his sexual addictions. He’s able to keep his work life and play life separate until his hippie vagabond sister Sissy (yeah, the name’s pretty stupid, but it’s the awesome Carey Mulligan from An Education) moves in. Ready for the pr0n to hit the fan? Well, it never quite explodes. Much like a peep show, Shame is all flash and no substance, a movie that promises a deep look at a racy subject but leaves the audience unfulfilled.
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Movie Review: Young Adult
High school. Whatever. But for some, high school was their best, shining moment; the time where they were everything to everyone and nothing could stand in their way. Like Mavis Gary, a former Queen Bee of her high school that moved to the big city and became a bestselling writer. Oh, so that sounds good to you? Me too. But for Mavis, her world is a revolving door of writing, drinking, passing out face-first on the bed, and regret. Her way out of this slump? Go find her high-school boyfriend and get him back, of course. I’m sure his wife and baby girl won’t be too much of an obstacle.
Jason Reitman has gotten a bit serious with the amazing Up In The Air, but with Young Adult he comes back to his quirky comedy-drama niche that made Thank You For Smoking and Juno so enjoyable. Speaking of Juno, screenwriter Diablo Cody is on her A game here; with Young Adult, I forgive her her Jennifer’s Body trespasses. Mostly because I am ZOMG excited to see how her work on The Evil Dead plays out, because her snarky ‘tude is a perfect fit for that film, but also because Young Adult itself is a whole lot of fun. Embarrassing fun. Uncomfortable fun. Hey-I-Did-That-Once-How’d-She-Know fun.
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