Yet another raunchy comedy in which everyone seems to be taking or dealing drugs, swearing like sailors, stripping for a living or willing to do anything for money. The only interest this movie held for me was the casting of […]
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Blue Jasmine (2013) ☆ ☆ 1/2
I’m not exactly sure what to make of Woody Allen’s newest movie. It is a pointedly sharp character study of a woman (the Jasmine of the title, Cate Blanchett) who is in desperate need of counseling, therapy, attention and money. […]
Continue reading »The World’s End (2013) ☆ ☆
This British mix of comedy, nostalgia, science-fiction and action is exactly that: a mixed bag. It concerns a reunion of sorts of five now middle-aged friends trying to re-enact a pub crawl, concluding at the title establishment. Things go wrong […]
Continue reading »The Wolverine (2013) ☆ ☆ ☆
Comic book-inspired movies like this often leave me cold, but I must admit that I warmed up quickly to The Wolverine. I cannot judge how faithfully or well it sticks to the literary backstory already produced, as I don’t read […]
Continue reading »R. I. P. D. (2013) ☆ 1/2
Some movies are so blatantly imitative of others that it is difficult to fathom how they were ever allowed to exist. Such is the case with R. I. P. D., which is a pseudo-zombie version of the Men in Black movies […]
Continue reading »Paranoia (2013) ☆ 1/2
I love thrillers but in order to thrill me they must actually be thrilling. Nothing about Paranoia is thrilling, with the possible exception of seeing a bald Harrison Ford. No, not even that. A young up-and-coming computer geek (Liam Hemsworth) at […]
Continue reading »Kick-Ass 2 (2013) ☆ ☆ 1/2
I wasn’t a huge fan of the first film, but there were aspects that I enjoyed, including its no holds barred style. More of the same is present in this sequel, in which the kid whose father was bazooka-ed to […]
Continue reading »Elysium (2013) ☆ ☆
Based on his films District 9 (2009) and this year’s Elysium, writer-director Neill Blomkamp is keen to explore dystopian futures in which much of the world’s population is controlled by a much smaller segment. With lots of action scenes. Indeed, Elysium feels […]
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