Writer Adam Herz continues to put the characters from his 1999 comedy in even more outlandishly humiliating situations. For one reason or another, it still works.
Hello again to all you readers of the reviews here at bigpicturebigsound.com. I’ve been invited to submit my thoughts on ‘American Pie.’
AHX wasn’t too bad. It was pretty good except for the fact that a movie just seems to be too short a form to deal with hate and such–at least most movies.
Every so often a film comes along that takes a shot at the suburbs. Built on a foundation of paper-thin appearances and material possessions, suburban America is always an easy target.
Bewitching French confection follows the titular flibberty-gibbit as she embarks on a mission to better the lives of those around her and stumbles, along the way, upon love.
Writer-Director Cameron Crowe fashions a heartfelt, pitch-perfect ode to coming of age with a burning love of music during the early 70s.
The skills director Pedro Almodóvar has been honing over the past two decades come together perfectly in his ode to all things maternal.
The good news is, this long-awaited fanboy favorite – a hybrid of the two waning sci-fi franchises – is only marred by lazy acting, writing and directing. Other than that (oh, and a few lame special effects shots), the result is neither as bad nor as good as it could have been.
Once you get used to the “awesome” and “wow”-heavy dialogue, James Cameron’s excursion into both 3-D technology and deep ocean trenches delivers some fascinating footage.
Michael Mann’s reverent, meandering, overlong biopic of the man who would be champ may not be The Greatest, but some of its performances are, particularly from Will Smith.
