Here is what you need to know about Valentine’s Day: It isn’t as vile as you may be expecting (Or at least, as I was expecting), but it isn’t exactly good, either. It is Love Actually sans charm, a wisp of a confection with little depth, and a gaggle of very talented actors portraying characters who are kind of cute and maybe occasionally funny but whom you will, for the most part, not really give a shit about because the film doesn’t take any real risks.
As a kid during the 80s, I fucking loved the A-Team. It’s been long enough that I’ve seen the series that I can’t recall many specifics about it, but I can recall the general tone of it and why, both as a kid and now as an adult, I think it’s super cool. I can confidently say that Joe Carnahan’s film reboot of the series both captures the reckless enthusiasm of the original and manages to uphold the fun action film tradition we would expect from Hannibal, Face, B.A. and Murdock.
By: Phil Traill (director), Kim Barker (writer) Starring: Sandra Bullock, Thomas Haden Church, Bradley Cooper, Ken Jeong, DJ Qualls Convinced that a CCN cameraman is her true love, an eccentric crossword puzzler trails him as he travels all over the country, hoping to convince him that they belong together. After watching The Hangover, I apparently [...]
A decently amusing film, but having finally seen the picture in its entirety, I still can’t fathom why anyone would think it’s that good.
You know the old adage about too many cooks spoiling the broth? Well, there’s a reason it’s an adage: it’s good advice. Advice that apparently none of the vast collection of people involved in New York, I Love You thought it worth taking.
You know what I would really love? If Renée Zellweger would cease in making that squinty-eyed duck face and claiming it’s acting. That would be really swell.
