Tuesday, December 24, 2013
American Hustle
Christian Bale gives the performance of his life in American Hustle. Bale plays a con man Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive British partner, Sydney Prosser (played by Amy Adams who also gives a good performance), is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper). DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia.
The movie is loosely based on a true story. Director David O. Russell has a way of making every scene in this movie worth watching. He is able to take all these "A" actors and bring them into this story without baggage from their other roles and make a great film. Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence is incredible to watch as Bale's wife. Both her and Bale deserve to be nominated for Oscars. But Bale owns this movie, he is great and you will be rooting for him.
Verdict:
One of the Best Pictures of the Year. You will want to see it again.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Homefront
The movie is about a former DEA agent,
Statham, who moves his family to a quiet town, where he soon tangles with a
local meth druglord played by James Franco. Everyone is perfectly cast. The
script was written by Sylvester
Stallone (seems like Statham owed him a favor from The
Expendables). The story is typical crap but Jason is an all out baddass kicking
ass and that is all I care about.
One weird thing about this movie is former
“A” List actress Winona Ryder plays Jason’s crackhead girlfriend. She does a good
job of it but my how the mighty have fallen.
Verdict:
Snap, Crackle, Boom!Saturday, November 23, 2013
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
I saw the first Hunger Games and I thought it was OK. I really felt that the author sampled heavily from an 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger movie called the Running Man (see my review on this site).
This squeal starts off slow but builds to a really good movie towards the end.
The characters Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the Districts of Panem.
For those of you who didn't read the books (I didn't) don't worry about it you will be able to understand whats going on.
In this version they have brought in the great Phillip Seymour Hoffman (Capote) and the also fantastic Jeffrey Wright from this season's Boardwalk Empire. So in the beginning I am watching all of these "A" List actors on the screen an wondering why they took on these roles because not much was happening. Well without giving the ending away ( and for those who didn't read the books) there is a twist at the end. The end reminded me of The Matrix Reloaded. Look for a breakout performance from newcomer Jena Malone as Johanna. She steals every scene she is in.
Verdict:
Worth seeing but you have to see HG 1 first. I look forward to HG3.
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