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Dear John
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Saint John of Las Vegas
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Starring: Steve Buscemi, Sarah Silverman, Emmanuelle Chriqui Review: Just looking at hangdog Steve Buscemi and perky Sarah Silverman as mismatched lovers is a kick. What a comedy team these two virtuosos of the comically perverse could have made if they weren?t stuck in the shambles that is Saint John of Las Vegas. First-time director and screenwriter Hue Rhodes shows no discernible talent for dialogue, humor and, especially, pacing. For a movie than runs a mere 85 minutes, Saint John moves like a life sentence in molasses prison. Peter Travers reviews Saint John of Las Vegas in his weekly video podcast, “At the Movies With Peter Travers.” Buscemi plays John Alighieri (same last name as Dante?s), a gambling junkie trying to take the cure by taking a nowhere job in an insurance company in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Just as he?s settling into an… Rating: 1 Stars |
Edge of Darkness
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Starring: Mel Gibson, Bojana Novakovic Review: Mel gibson?s return to acting (it?s been eight years since Signs) is a welcome sight. His performance as Tom Craven, a Boston homicide detective whose 24-year-old daughter (Bojana Novakovic) is shotgun- executed before his eyes, shows his movie-star shine hasn?t dimmed. (Peter Travers reviews Edge of Darkness in his weekly video podcast, “At the Movies With Peter Travers.”) The years of boozing and accusations of anti- Semitism have left Gibson, 54, looking thicker and worry- creased. But his acting has deepened. Too bad his comeback vehicle springs so many leaks. Edge of Darkness, the Americanization for short attention spans of the awardwinning British miniseries from 1985, is a mixed bag even with the same director, Casino Royale?s Martin Campbell. The… Rating: 2 Stars |
44 Inch Chest
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Starring: Ray Winstone, Ian McShane Review: It sounded good: a bunch of foulmouthed geezers taking bloody revenge on the French lover boy (Melvil Poupaud) who stole the wife (Joanne Whalley) of their car-salesman mate (Ray Winstone). With the acting power of Ian McShane, Stephen Dillane, Tom Wilkinson and John Hurt joining Winstone in a swearing challenge that could make David Mamet blush, 44 Inch Chest had the makings of the next Sexy Beast, since it shares the same screenwriters, Louis Mellis and David Scinto. But unlike Beast director Jonathan Glazer, Malcolm Venville coaches his ace acting team to ring infinite variations on the word “cunt” without realizing that there’s a difference between exposing misogyny and crassly exploiting it. Get more news, reviews and interviews from Peter Travers on The Travers Take. Rating: 1 Stars |
Tags: Acting Power, Bloody Revenge, David Mamet, Director Jonathan Glazer, French Lover, Ian Mcshane, Inch Chest, Infinite Variations, Joanne Whalley, Lover Boy, Malcolm Venville, Mellis, Peter Travers, Ray Winstone, Scinto, Sexy Beast, Stephen Dillane, Tom Wilkinson, Wife Joanne, Word Cunt
Creation
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Tags: Century Man, Charles Darwin, Crucial Moment, Director Jon, Disapproval, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Amiel, Kiss Of Death, Monkeys, Origin Of The Species, Paul Bettany, Personal Tragedy, Peter Travers, Provocation, Science And Faith, Sidelines, Virtues, Wife Jennifer, Workaholic, Zest
Book of Eli
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Starring: Denzel Washington Review: If Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman and the return of the Hughes brothers (it’s been damn near a decade since From Hell) isn’t enough to jazz you about The Book of Eli, you’re probably not much of a film freak. OK, the movie is an apocalyptic tale with a religioso bent that does it no favors. We’ve been down this road to doom before, most recently in The Road. And Gary Whitta’s script chokes on the dust of what came before. Peter Travers reviews The Book of Eli in his weekly video podcast, “At the Movies With Peter Travers.” Luckily, Allen Hughes and his directing twin, Albert, have skills. They can energize the familiar. Washington’s Eli is a menace to a society that forgot about God when the “flash” (read: nuclear winter) reduced the world to rubble 30 years ago. Eli keeps heading… Rating: 2 Stars |
Tags: Allen Hughes, Chokes, Decade, Denzel Washington, Film Freak, Gary Oldman, Gary Whitta, God, Hell, Hughes Brothers, Jazz, Nuclear Winter, Peter Travers, Rubble, Video Podcast
Daybreakers
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Starring: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe Review: After all the toothless, limp-dick vampire posturing in the Twilight chick flicks, it’s a kick to see a balls-out, R-rated movie about bloodsuckers that doesn’t spare the gore so little girls won’t cry into their Twitpics of Rob Pattinson. Such a movie is Daybreakers, a nifty genre piece from Aussie twins Michael and Peter Spierig (Undead) who put some oomph into an overworked theme. Don’t get me wrong. Daybreakers, despite the star presence of Ethan Hawke and Willem Dafoe, is a B movie, with all the disreputable low rent, lowbrow pleasures that implies. I’ll take that over pompous any day. Peter Travers reviews Daybreakers in his weekly video podcast, “At the Movies With Peter Travers.” As the Spierigs see the future — it’s 2019 — vampires have taken over… Rating: 2 Stars |
Tags: Aussie, B Movie, Balls, Bloodsuckers, Chick Flicks, Daybreakers, Ethan Hawke, Gore, Limp Dick, Little Girls, Low Rent, Oomph, Peter Travers, Pleasures, Twilight, Undead, Vampire, Vampires, Video Podcast, Willem Dafoe
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