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Pick of the Week:
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Star Trek Into Darkness (PG-13)
Genre: Science Fiction
Director: J.J. Abrams (Star Trek)
Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Benedict Cumberbatch, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg
The Story: Kirk and the rest of the Enterprise crew of the are sent on a mission to deal with a terrorist out to destroy Starfleet. The Lowdown: The plotting gets clunky and the action could be handled more effectively, but the characters — improved from the first film — keep this Star Trek entry mostly worth watching.
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Java Heat (R)
Genre: Action
Director: Conor Allyn
Starring: Kellan Lutz, Mickey Rourke, Ario Bayu, Frans Tumbuan
The Story: A young American of dubious truth joins forces with a Muslim police detective to take down a crime lord and the terrorists he's helping. The Lowdown: An impossibly convoluted story, a pair of likable leads, a nasty villain and some solid action scenes make this OK, but ultimately not terrific. On its own aims, it's not bad.
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Godzilla Raids Again (NR)
Genre: Sci Fi
Director: Motoyoshi Oda
Starring: Hiroshi Koizumi, Setsuko Wakayama, Minoru Chiaki, Takashi Shimura
In Brief: It's the first Godzilla sequel and, despite the fact that it was rushed to cash in on the original film so that it was in theaters within four months of Godzilla, it's still a reasonably good entry. It's also the last of the series that can be taken seriously — at least sort of seriously. As far as Japanese giant monster pictures are concerned, Godzilla Raids Again is something of an essential. -
House of Good and Evil (NR)
Genre: Psychological Horror
Director: David Mun
Starring: Rachel Marie Lewis, Christian Oliver, Marietta March, Jordan Rhodes
In Brief: This year's feature film winner of the Twin Rivers Media Festival marks the first time a horror movie has taken the prize. But David Mun's House of Good and Evil isn't your typical horror film. Rather, this is psychological horror about a couple trying to get their lives — and marriage — back on track in the wake of a tragedy by moving into an isolated old house in the country. What happens there isn't at all what they expect. Not everything in the films works — it goes on too long and it cheats a bit — but it's a well-acted, good-looking film that plays up atmosphere more than shocks. -
The Ladykillers (R)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joel and Ethan Coen
Starring: Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, J.K. Simmons, Marlon Wayans, Tzi Ma
b>In Brief: The Coen Brothers' much misunderstood reimagining of the 1955 Ealing Studios Comedy of the same name finds Tom Hanks taking on the role originated by Alec Guinness — and making it his own. That's much the same thing the Coens did with the film — adhering to the basics of the story about a group of not-very-adept criminals using the home of an unsuspecting little old lady as their base of operations, while creating something completely fresh and original. It deserves another chance. -
That's Entertainment (G)
Genre: Compilation Documentary
Director: Jack Haley, Jr.
Starring: Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Liza Minnelli, Debbie Reynolds
In Brief: Riding in on the last of the late 1960s/early 1970s nostalgia wave, That's Entertainment positioned itself as a documentary about the Hollywood musical. In truth, it was a two-hour commercial for MGM that presented one seriously skewed version of film history. That's not to say the film doesn't include some pretty impressive (and more than a few clunker) musical numbers — all culled from the MGM library — but it presents a very small fragment of the movie musical genre as if it was the whole story. -
Walk Don't Run (NR)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Walters (High Society)
Starring: Cary Grant, Samantha Eggar, Jim Hutton, John Standing, Miiko Taka
In Brief: Pack Memorial Library concludes its Cary Grant series with — appropriately enough — Grant's last film, Walk Don't Run. It's an agreeable enough remake of George Stevens' 1943 comedy The More the Merrier — moved from crowded wartime Washington to crowded Tokyo during the 1964 summer Olympics. The problem with it — from a box office standpoint — was that audiences wanted Cary Grant as a leading man, and what they got was Grant as a middle-aged businessman playing matchmaker for Jim Hutton and Samantha Eggar. It just wasn't a popular idea, though it plays better now as a lesser tier Grant picture.
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Yes, I know there are all sorts of claims of how it "ruins" the book.." Told ya, told ya, told ya......!! It's not like I didn't expect it. I've yet…
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More like an aversion to lengthy mix CDs. The sweet spot is around ten to fourteen songs around the fifty minute mark, But if you're going to fill the whole…
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"Yes, I know there are all sorts of claims of how it "ruins" the book.." Told ya, told ya, told ya......!! But I never read the damn thing, so I…
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Considering the quality of most of Sonnenfeld's movies, this strikes me as a good thing.
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Ken are you talking about Francis Ha? I might be talking about Frances Ha.
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your aversion to mix CDs More like an aversion to lengthy mix CDs. The sweet spot is around ten to fourteen songs around the fifty minute mark, But if you're…
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In this case, it's "visionary" director Zack Snyder doing a Malick impression -- or so the trailer for Man of Steel makes it look.
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Heavens. Is the most overrated Director of all time rearing his ugly head again?
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I found out recently that this was originally written for Barry Sonnenfeld to direct. He suggested the remake idea to them, they went away and rewatched the original, then agreed…
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Ken are you talking about Francis Ha? I am really looking forward to seeing it. HBO is premiering Steven Soderbergh last movie Behind the Candelabra this weekend.
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That shouldn't affect your viewing of it at all.
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My guess is not. It's not a requirement and, despite what people think, ratings have absolutely no legal standing (unless an individual state makes one). I figure they didn't want…
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Yep, that's my fear. Well then, for tonight Out of the Past it is.
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Ah, Nemesis -- that's the one where I almost burned myself down by falling asleep in the theater with a cigarette. (Yes, we used to smoke during the late night…
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Boy, that's a tough call. Problem is I've known the old film so long that I can scarcely remember not knowing it. It didn't hurt my experience with the Coen…
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Yeah. I'm just happy the Carolina booked it. Do you happen to know if the film was submitted to the MPAA or not? Just noticed an "NR" where I expected…
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Well a year or two ago, upon realizing that I never did see the final two "Next Generation" cast Star Trek movies, I sat down for rewatches of both Generations…
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This is the only Coens movie I've yet to watch. Do you think watching the original in the meanwhile would enhance or take away from my Tuesday viewing experience?
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Sounds about where I am, though the probability of seeing any Star Trek movie more than once is slim to none with me.
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I think we all knew -- all meaning Justin, Edwin Arnaudin, and me -- this charmer of a movie never stood a hope in hell of making a nickel, but…
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I liked this exactly enough to never see it again, but almost certainly see the next installment. So- success.
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We had the sofa lounge all to ourselves so not surprised there. And too bad-- one of the more purely enjoyable movies to come around this year. I liked how…
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I think that's the problem with this -- it's pretty much one kind of musical done one way. Most of these -- including the untouchable Singin' in the Rain --…
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I don't even like to think about this -- not with Tree of Superman looming in the near future.
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“Moulin Rouge!” is too much of a mixed bag for my tastes This is exactly why I wouldn't have pressured you into seeing this. The first half of “Australia” is…
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I kind of depends which sort of musical you gel with. I happen to enjoy SWEENEY TODD and SWING TIME, but a lot of people are in one camp of…
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You see, my feeling -- which is based on an aversion to most of these movies -- is that it's much more likely to keep them from ever going to…
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I'm not one for musicals but this I think is worth seeing for anyone without experience with the Golden Age of Musicals. It might warm them to checking out some…
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Before “The Great Gatsby,” Baz Luhrmann was batting a solid .500 in my book. I like his first two films. “Moulin Rouge!” is too much of a mixed bag for…
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a sleazy crime boss named Malik (Rourke Terruns Malik?
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