Vishniac (video review)
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Tag: one-and-a-half-stars
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
When Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ended, I sat in my second-row seat staring at the rolling credits with a feeling of general puzzlement. I’m a pretty attentive movie-goer but I wondered if I had missed something. I wondered if there was a line of dialogue or a plot point that blew by me amid all […]
The Boy (2016)
To make a creepy doll movie takes a lightness of touch. You have to employ atmosphere, pacing, good editing, a good script, plus a doll that you can believe that someone would actually own. The Boy has none of these things. It is a competently made movie operating on a silly premise that the filmmakers […]
American Ultra (2015)
Buried somewhere deep within the mangled mess of the spy thriller American Ultra is a compelling love story struggling to get out. Unfortunately, the main story, about a sleeper agent with a target on his head, is unfocused and half-written and just gets in the way. That’s too bad because when the movie just observes […]
Swelter (2014)
I’ve been trying for years to decide the solitary element the separates Quentin Tarantino from his vast amount of imitators. Since 1992 when he shook the world with Reservoir Dogs and turned the basic narrative structure on its head with Pulp Fiction, every two-bit, wannabe filmmaker has been trying to duplicate the formula. What makes […]
The Internship (2013)
It was a Wednesday when I saw The Internship. No wait! I think it was a Thursday. I remember it was close to the end of the week. For movies on either end of the scale – really good or really bad – my memory is always crystal clear about the time and the place. […]
