Sometimes, when you review a movie, you have to look at how it was made, not how original it is. They say there’s only seven or eight original story ideas that are constantly recycled or combined together. The late film critic Roger Ebert who won a Pulitzer for his work said he often recommended moviesContinue reading “‘The Killer’ Hits The Same Target Yet Still Misses The Mark”
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‘Self Reliance’ Still Needs Some Help
A movie like Self Reliance only works if the protagonist is both likeable and little bit detestable. I think of Griffin Dunne in Martine Scorsese’s After Hours in which he plays what we think is a hopeless romantic but is actually quite an arrogant selfish person. Even though he’s put through the ringer, you kindaContinue reading “‘Self Reliance’ Still Needs Some Help”
‘The Wraith’ Scares Up A Good Time
A movie like The Wraith seems to be a casserole of genres. It’s about a murdered person who returns from the grave to exact revenge in a slasher style where each killer is murdered one by one mostly. But it’s also a western, set in the Arizona desert, where the main protagonist like Clint Eastwood’sContinue reading “‘The Wraith’ Scares Up A Good Time”
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