The big twist in Flight Risk is that Mark Wahlberg is a balding bad guy pretending to be a regular joe pilot. Mel Gibson’s latest directorial effort since Hacksaw Ridge is smaller on scale. Every now and again, a filmmaker does a movie like this. I’ve always thought big-name directors sometimes work better with smaller-scaleContinue reading “‘Flight Risk’ Crashes After Take-Off”
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‘The Union’ Falls Apart
Now, in his early 50s, Mark Wahlberg seems to take great enthusiasm in being the most Bostonian he can. I don’t mind that he talks about his religion. But most of his movie roles for the past decade seem to be playing blue-collar types. And yes, he may have that look where all he needsContinue reading “‘The Union’ Falls Apart”
‘The Family Plan’ Is A No Contact
Mark Wahlberg’s evolution from a himbo rapper in the early 1990s who was always walking around dropping his pants to appear in advertisements for Calvin Klein to an Oscar-nominated movie star is a fascinating one. For a man who in his youth seemed on the path of being another Boston-area criminal in and out ofContinue reading “‘The Family Plan’ Is A No Contact”