In the latest installment of Turn It Up Tuesday, had some fun calling Little Steven to the curb, albeit 25 years after the fact, over not knowing (or caring) about the United States’ many instrumental roles in bringing goodness to the world’s occasional evil. Now, however, after finally seeing From Paris with Love, the [...]
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When Tony Stark delivers his opening speech in Iron Man 2, one wonders if the actor is talking about the character or vice-versa. “Emerging from a cave … like the phoenix …” it’s all tongue-in-cheek, boisterous and as fun as one would expect from Downey’s Stark – a tribute to masculinity, testosterone, heroics – [...] If I'm battling the cops, all I would take is a football helmet and a leather jacket. Christian Toto has been espousing the greatness of Mel Brooks at his erstwhile site, but he’s missed the real comic genius of the last 40 years – Bill Ayers. Ayers, Bernadine Dohrn and the rest of the [...] Who is Tony Stark? Will that be the chant ringing in the streets? Jon Favereau’s treatment of everyone’s favorite billionaire super-hero has all the touches of an Ayn Rand novel, all right, but it’s the Robert Downey Jr. connection to Tony Stark that is the most intriguing in the extremely fun, sharp and smart [...] There’s little left to be said of Avatar – James Cameron’s opus to one-dimensional characters, two-dimensional plot and three-dimensional video games – that hasn’t been said by others, but indulge me. Nolte, Toto and Smith – our erstwhile triumvirate of conservative film critics – have touched on the film as a whole. Red Letter [...] Mr. Porvaznik is working on his own list, but in the mean time, here’s the last five from myself – in between poopy diapers, Spanish exams and the doldrums of winter sports writing. 1. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939): Endearing, inspiring, gut-wrenching – all within the first handful of minutes. There’s much to love – [...] Alexandra Pelosi’s drab, badly-produced and hackneyed documentary about right-wing America in the wake of the 2008 election is beyond parody. The film is so needlessly simplistic, stereotypical and thoughtless only someone created in the most vapid and shallow environment, say the family of the Speaker of the House, could believe it to be taken serious. [...] While Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes is entertaining enough, smart enough and performed well with all the big-budget studio bluster at its disposal, if you felt you saw this movie before it’s because you have. Credit this to the – pardon the pun – rather “elementary” film-making styles of contemporary Hollywood. Victorian super-sleuth Sherlock Holmes, [...] The snow has melted, spring is in the air, along with a promise of hot and humid days inside the cold, comfortable cineplex. This year’s slate? Not exactly 1939, but bits and pieces here and there may make it enjoyable. Hopefully no “robot testicles” this year. 1. Iron Man 2: Robert Downey Jr. can [...] Wow, this sounds really, really bad. From Kyle Smith via ACEof Spades After all of Hollywood’s Iraq movies have flopped (even the Oscar-garlanded “The Hurt Locker” earned only $15 million at the box office), one studio thinks it has the following secret to success: The previous films didn’t insult the United States enough. “Green Zone,” [...] I wasn’t planning on seeing Matty’s new flick The Green Zone in any case, but Kyle Smith pretty much confirms my suspicions. I can’t believe what I just saw, so I’ll think about it some more before I go into detail. But if I were the kind of excitable guy who believes in [...] February and Ohio coincide with “movie time,” that rare period of the year where one gathers constantly in front of the glowing tubes in one’s family room. Not because of a plethora of quality product descending from Hollywood (maybe in spite of it), but because of the foot and a half of nature’s white [...] The buffoon sitting in front of you at the movie theater too often lets you know what he thinks of the film in question. “Dude … there’s no way that car can make a jump like that …” or, “Man, De Niro looks old, sorta like my Uncle Phil after his hernia operation.” Film [...] The whole list from Yahoo. Not too many surprises, other than “District 9″ getting a Best Picture and Jeremy Renner for Best Actor. 1. Best Picture: “Avatar,” “The Blind Side,” “District 9,” “An Education,” “The Hurt Locker,” “Inglourious Basterds,” “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” “A Serious Man,” “Up,” “Up in the [...] Remember that seven-part review of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace? He’s back and reviewing Avatar. Share on Facebook At one point in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, Brad Pitt (fresh from carving up a Nazi forehead) points his eyes through the camera and at the audience. To paraphrase: “This may be my masterpiece.” Whether or not this is Tarantino’s penultimate directorial moment won’t be determined for a while, at least if the director [...] Yeah, Roger Ebert is a left wing loon. But I greatly enjoyed him and Gene Siskel during their At the Movies days. I remember reading something Mr. Ebert wrote, I think it was the first time I was in Iraq (2004-05), about the war and the way things were going at the time. Needless to [...] This was posted earlier in the week at Christian Toto’s site. Early in David Zucker’s An American Carol, we’re offered the protagonist Michael Malone, professional film-maker and rabble-rouser, with his heart in the wrong place at the wrong time. Zucker, being the smart guy he is, realized a two-dimensional portrayal of Malone (a stand [...] The slasher film got a rude awakening in 2009. These crude horror romps ruled the genre in the ’80s, even if most of them would have to strain to reach the level of mediocrity. In 2009, films like “Sorority Row” and “Halloween II” showed horror fans may not be interested in the genre anymore. So [...] Floyd Here: We’ve gotten together with our favorite movie reviewer Christian Toto (outside of our blogfather) to mirror some of his content. We feel it’s mutually beneficial. Christian may soon feel otherwise. Needless to say what follows is from Christian Toto. In the future when you see “What Would Toto Watch?” post titles they will [...] |
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