The Good Guy Movie Review
Roadside Attractions presents writer/director Julio DePietro’s latest bore, The Good Guy, starring Alexis Bledel, Scott Porter, and Bryan Greenberg. This weekend’s openers generate a fierce wind of competition – it’s safe to say that The Good Guy will most likely choke on the dust of Shutter Island and/or The Ghost Writer and that might be for the best… The Plot: Tommy (Porter) currently...
Shutter Island Movie Review
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio as Teddy Daniels Mark Ruffalo as Chuck Aule Ben Kingsley as Dr. Cawley Max von Sydow as Dr. Naehring Michelle Williams as Dolores Emily Mortimer as Rachel 1 Patricia Clarkson as Rachel 2 Jackie Earle Haley as George Noyce Ted Levine as Warden John Carroll Lynch as Deputy Warden McPherson Elias Koteas as Laeddis Robin Bartlett as Bridget Kearns Christopher Denham as Petere Breene Review: Psychological...
Dear John Hollywood Movie – Review
Cast: Channing Tatum as John Tyree Amanda Seyfried as Savannah Curtis Richard Jenkins as Mr. Tyree Henry Thomas as Tim D.J. Cotrona as Noodles Cullen Moss as Dan Rooney Gavin McCulley as Starks Jose Lucena, Jr. as Berry Keith Robinson as Captain Stone Scott Porter as Randy Review: No one would deny that film is an inherently visual medium. Character, plot and dialogue may be the bedrock that makes...
The Wolfman Movie – Review
There’s a lot to like about The Wolfman. The performances are pretty solid, even in spite of some very strange ‘English’ accents. The Make-up work by Rick Baker is astonishing, blending seamlessly with the computer generated transition sequences, while also demonstrating why the new technology will never be able to replace practical effects. There are also some wonderful scenes that recall the...
Valentine’s Day Movie – Review
As a 31 year-old singleton in London, I went to see Valentine’s Day with good intentions and was prepared to set aside my cynical views of love and romance (for one night anyway). I’d even go so far as to say that I was looking forward to a little bit of feel-good, lighthearted fun from one of the most anticipated movies this season. This was my date with Valentine’s and I wanted to give it a...
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief : Review
Percy Jackson and the Olympians is a series of five books written by Rick Riordan. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief is the first of the book and sets the scene for both us, the audience and for Percy himself. After the Harry Potter series, kids seem to be in need of another fix of something mysterious and wonderful and it seems that Percy Jackson is where it’s at. It’s not so big in the...
From Paris With Love Movie Review
Cast: John Travolta as FBI agent Charlie Wax Jonathan Rhys Meyers as James Reece / Richard Stevens Kasia Smutniak as Caroline Amber Rose Revah as Nichole Melissa Mars as Wax’s Hooker Farid Elouardi as Le barbu Richard Durden as Ambassador Bennington Chems Dahmani as Rasheed Directed by Pierre Morel Summary: What might have been a fairly standard buddy comedy is elevated by a hilariously irreverent...
The Princess And The Frog Movie – Review
Disney’s latest movie is a beautiful work of art with a magical touch and a soul stirring soundtrack that made me realise how much I’d missed hand drawn animation in this brave new world of CG. It was John Lasseter who refilled the inkwells and restocked the paint pots of Disney’s traditional hand drawn animation studios after their doors closed following the completion of 2004’s Home on the...
