Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell Suffer From a Lack of ‘Conviction’
Rating: 2.5/5.0CHICAGO– The United States, with the largest prison population in the Western world, obviously has used the system to incarcerate undesirables in the society, whether they are guilty or...
View ArticleChristian Bale, Mark Wahlberg Deliver Knockouts in ‘The Fighter’
Rating: 4.0/5.0CHICAGO– David O. Russell’s “The Fighter” is an old-fashioned crowd-pleaser with one of the strongest ensembles of 2010 and the kind of underdog story that’s easy for an audience to...
View ArticlePreachy, Absurd ‘Seven Days in Utopia’ Weakens Own Message
Rating: 1.5/5.0CHICAGO– What do Robert Duvall and Melissa Leo have in common? They both have won an Oscar and they both cashed a paycheck for the fake virtuous hack job called “Seven Days in Utopia.”...
View ArticleGerard Butler Stars in Violent, Stupid ‘Olympus Has Fallen’
Rating: 2.5/5.0CHICAGO– Antoine Fuqua’s “Olympus Has Fallen” (or “Die Hard in the White House”) is a stupid, exploitative movie that wants to be “Call of Duty: Black Ops” in film form but ends up more...
View ArticleEyegasmic ‘Oblivion’ With Tom Cruise Wins Your Optics, But Loses Your Brain
Rating: 3.0/5.0CHICAGO– “Oblivion” is a Pyrrhic victory that wins its battle, but loses the overall war. While this is the kind of visual production value you’d expect on a $120 million budget, an...
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