Hit and Run is supposed to a comedic car chase. While it did involve some car chase scenes, the story wound up being more about the reformation of a criminal than anything. Yet again, the comedic laughs of this movie fall short.
Annie and Charlie have been dating for a year. When Annie gets a job offer in LA, she is hesitant to go. Charlie, who is in the witness protection program, drives her to LA in a souped-up car that he and his dad built. Charlie turns out to be Yul, a driver for a couple of bank robbers.
Premium Rush
by Ronald A. Rowe August 29th, 2012 | Action, Movie Reviews
Premium Rush did for bicycle messengers what Cocktail did for bartenders. Beyond the accomplishment of making New York City bike messengers seem cool, there isn’t much to Premium Rush that will be remembered a year from now.
There is some good to be found in Premium Rush. As a student of film, I always appreciate non-linear storytelling. Premium Rush actually does a pretty good job of using several iterative character-specific retellings to add layers to the story as the film went on. It isn’t exactly Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction but it is at least a change of pace from the
There is some good to be found in Premium Rush. As a student of film, I always appreciate non-linear storytelling. Premium Rush actually does a pretty good job of using several iterative character-specific retellings to add layers to the story as the film went on. It isn’t exactly Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction but it is at least a change of pace from the
ParaNorman – A Fun Story of Boy Meets Ghoul
by James Maynard August 28th, 2012 | Animated, Family, Movie Reviews
ParaNorman is a bright, delightful film from Laika, the makers of Coraline.
This is the first stop-action movie to use a digital 3D printer in the creation of the character faces. The effect of this, and much of the animation, is that the characters appear to have a doll-like quality in the way they look. While this is a neat effect, and certainly stylistic, I found that it took away from the suspension of disbelief that I usually enjoy in movies.
In the film, the fictional town of Blithe Hollow, Massachusetts is known for having participated in the witch trials of
This is the first stop-action movie to use a digital 3D printer in the creation of the character faces. The effect of this, and much of the animation, is that the characters appear to have a doll-like quality in the way they look. While this is a neat effect, and certainly stylistic, I found that it took away from the suspension of disbelief that I usually enjoy in movies.
In the film, the fictional town of Blithe Hollow, Massachusetts is known for having participated in the witch trials of
Division III: Football’s Finest
by James Maynard August 24th, 2012 | Comedy, Movie Reviews
Division III: Football's Finest follows a rag-tag college football team in NCAA's lowest division, whose coach dies at the beginning of the film. Pullham University, for which the team plays, is a small liberal arts college, where the staff and administration are afraid to offend anyone and where everyone always strives to be politically correct at all times.
However, in an effort to generate interest in the school, the school administration hires Rick Vice (Andy Dick, News Radio), a foul-mouthed, overly-aggressive, politically incorrect coach who was once accused of attempted murder of a pee-wee football team he managed. Immediately, Vice
However, in an effort to generate interest in the school, the school administration hires Rick Vice (Andy Dick, News Radio), a foul-mouthed, overly-aggressive, politically incorrect coach who was once accused of attempted murder of a pee-wee football team he managed. Immediately, Vice
The Odd Life of Timothy Green: Charm, No Conflict
by James Maynard August 22nd, 2012 | Family, Movie Reviews
The Odd Life of Timothy Green is a lighthearted, charming new fantasy drama from Walt Disney Pictures that begins with an imaginative premise, and then falls apart into tripe dialog.
Combining a family story with speculative fiction, this movie reminds me in many ways of The Last Mimzy. Director Peter Hedges (What's Eating Gilbert Grape?) did a reasonable job given the rather weak nature of the script writing, which was nearly devoid of originality, leaving much of the dialog feeling forced and contrived.
The film follows a couple, Cindy (Jennifer Garner, Juno) and Jim Green (Joel Edgerton, The Thing [2011]), who
Combining a family story with speculative fiction, this movie reminds me in many ways of The Last Mimzy. Director Peter Hedges (What's Eating Gilbert Grape?) did a reasonable job given the rather weak nature of the script writing, which was nearly devoid of originality, leaving much of the dialog feeling forced and contrived.
The film follows a couple, Cindy (Jennifer Garner, Juno) and Jim Green (Joel Edgerton, The Thing [2011]), who