If you enjoy goombahs and gats, hard not to like this -- it throws just about every mob cliche at your head like a hammer.
Depp is kind of nothing and Madsen is a glowering hulk. Pacino is too old to be believable as a hitman (when almost everybody else in his outfit is considerably younger) but still drawing on that wild bluster that makes him more compelling than 90% of actors. His Lefty is the only character I wouldn't…
When was the last time a director made this bad of a follow-up to a Best Picture winner?
Seeing some of the reviews out in the world calling this "original" or "unpredictable" and I have to totally disagree. This movie wears its heart on its sleeve, there are no surprise heroes or villains or messages (except perhaps for a single moment at the very end of the movie which is basically inexplicable without doing all the legwork yourself), and Bong…
WHY ISN'T NETFLIX DISTRIBUTING MORE STUFF LIKE THIS? (Side note: why do I only review Netflix movies?)
"The Babysitter" is by no means a perfect horror-comedy, okay? The main character, Cole (Judah Lewis), can't really act; a few plot turns just don't make sense (seriously, more than an hour of this movie shouldn't have happened); the dialogue only works about half the time. But in a recent review of "Game Over, Man!" I made the point that Netflix needs to…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
MACAO is the kind of solid, thrilling crime drama that is simply a delight to find when plumbing the depths of studio system-era Hollywood. None of the lead roles are particularly spectacular, but no one does a bad job. Snappy dialogue rolls off their tongues with sly wit, allowing you to revel in the kind of tit-for-tat repartee that old Hollywood films are known for. Every conversation is just that little bit more exciting because the characters can think on…
