Cooper nails simultaneously macho and vulnerable performance
as he maneuvers through the realistic (except the baby) and enthralling world
of the Middle-Eastwood. Well executed,
if slightly over-cinematized, film rides wire between propaganda and
entertainment but certainly hits its artistic mark. Suffers from under-elaborated abrupt ending
but perhaps that too is
Monday, August 31, 2015
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Inherent Vice
Source material is film’s inherent vice. Phoenix stays lit as latter day Lebowski
amidst a stellar cast of coked-up costars while Anderson’s brilliant long-shots
mark the highlight of an overly long and convoluted mockery of narrative. Rainbow pallet lightens the gravity of what
may be the brightest noire ever made.
Monday, August 24, 2015
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Starts with a bang, ends with an ass, and provides a fun
ride in between but James Bond: First Class kicks less ass than expected. Vaughn gets it Wright occasionally but
otherwise burns screen-time with tedious training, self-critical comedy, and a
lead less compelling than any of his ample support.
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