A few of the reviews I’ve put out lately….
Movie Review: Red Tails
Tuskegee Airmen. World War II. Awe-inspiring airfights. You know what that means; time to ogle men in uniform, amIright?
George Lucas revisits his well-known love of classic war-genre feats of awesome in Red Tails, a story about the amazing pilots of the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group (aka The Tuskegee Airmen). It’s a real-life story about how honor, duty and fearlessness knows no color. Unfortunately, Lucas doesn’t seem to have any interest in creating fully fleshed characters or believable dialogue, and instead relies on cheap sentiment, cliches and rushed direction so he can scoot over to Skywalker Ranch and play with his CGI. That it’s a beautiful film can’t be denied, but the Tuskegee Airmen, and this movie, deserve better.
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Movie Review: Carnage
Coffee and cobbler will lead to the breakdown of our society. Now you know. In Roman Polanski’s Carnage, two couples — seemingly intelligent, affable adults — become unglued, morphing into self-serving jerks while trying to deal with the aftermath of a schoolyard fight between their two sons.
I couldn’t help but liken this movie to Mike Nichols’ Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. As with Nichols’ film, Carnage is based on a stage play. It also deals with highly educated upper-middle class white couples breaking down over a prolonged visit (doubting if the liberal Longstreets are upper-middle? I’d like to know how else they could afford the lavish apartment/condo they’ve got. Seriously, it’s awe-inspiring.) But unlike Woolf, Carnage is a comedy. And it’s hilarious. No, fans of Louis C.K., I’m not abusing the term. Okay, maybe I’m not dirty and haven’t been in a gutter (lately). But I was close.
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Movie Review: Beauty and the Beast 3D
Can you believe it’s been over 20 years since Disney’s Beauty and the Beast was first released? On the one hand, over these years it’s become a timeless classic. But to me it also feels like it was just last week I first saw Belle and her Beast on the big screen.
Oh wait. It WAS last week. But this time I saw them in 3D, with the Beauty and the Beast 3D release. And lemme tell you, fans of this movie that wonder if they should shell the hard-earned for this version…yes, you should. It’s a totally new way to see the film, and it’s a wonderful use of 3D. Plus hey, tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme. You know the drill.
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