So I thought, “Julianne Moore… missing kid… What is this, ‘The Forgotten 2’?” That it was not… But I couldn’t quite figure out what else it was trying to be. What initializes as a story about a missing kid becomes a mishmash of subplots between the angry cop brother (Ron Eldard as Danny Martin) who wants justice, the creepy “Friends of Kent” consultant—i.e. finder of lost children—Karen Collucci (Edie Falco), the seemingly drugged out Brenda Martin (Moore) and the residents…
Because I also have a background in internet security, I was expecting this film to be a “high-tech” flambé of technological ineptitude. I was wrong. It’s not very high-tech at all. Actually, it starts out like it wants to be a technological thriller of of clandestine intrepdity, and ends up being another dull…
It’s obvious that there was no point to this sequel any more than there was a point to the previous one. It’s also obvious that these films have no purpose whatsoever except to serve as body countdowns in which the “takedowns” get progressively gorier. It’s…
And yet another film in enters the category of “Remakes That Should Not Have Been.” It took three writers, Steve Martin, Michael Saltzman and Len Blum, to put together a bland remake of the relatively unfunny Blake Edwards 1963 original. Before I forget, there’s a second category this film falls into…
Granted, immediately upon the success of “Brokeback Mountain” I surmised that every studio would be chomping at the bit to exploit every conceivable plot involving a gay relationship. If you think for even a second that “Imagine Me and You” comes remotely close to capitalizing on the success of “Brokeback Mountain,” then you’re not just mistaken — you’ve missed every American romantic comedy in…
The names John Cobb, Malcolm Campbell, Mickey Thomas, Craig Breedlove and Richard Noble mean so much to so few people. Perhaps even fewer know of Burt Munro, who in 1967 set a class speed record for motorcycles under 1000cc at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. Munro’s accomplishments are notable, but at the height of the space program were quite possibly overshadowed by the test pilots of Edwards Air Force Base, and…
Who is Melquiades Estrada? Is he the sum of his parts? Is one man’s memory of this migrant worker true to who he really was? There are a number of films that examine the differences between seeming and being, but this one handles its subject in a style similar to Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill,” Christopher Nolan’s “Memento” and Gaspar…
Kenya (Sanaa Lathan) wakes up to a world of, from her point of view, numerous couples immersed in the amorous splendor of Valentine’s Day. This could be a film about how the minority female power-businesswoman needs to take a long vacation from her dry, corporate existence, and wind up somewhere in the Caribbean with some smoldering hot…