Big Miracle is the kind of film you dread getting assigned to write about as a film critic, you go to by yourself because none of your friends will join you, you growl through the …
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Bad Teacher has a lot of problems.
Or, rather, it has one problem that could be described a lot of different ways: it isn’t funny.
Many years ago, an exasperated student asked me “What is Pulp Fiction about?” After thinking for a few moments, I finally conceded, “It’s about how much Quentin Tarantino likes making movies.” I thought briefly after …
The Hangover Part II is either a profound and mournful examination of human nature and the problem of living with sin in a world where redemption is not possible or it is a failed attempt …
Normally, when I hate a movie, I can, at the very least, see what drew a more positive response from those who liked, even loved it. Then there is Moulin Rouge.
Enough of my cinephile friends, particularly those with religious interests, speak of “the myth of redemptive violence,” to make me think that phrase has entered the popular lexicon.
