Rock of Ages (Shankman, 2012)
The most surprising thing about Rock of Ages is that I was prepared to like it.
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Prometheus (Scott, 2012)
Prometheus's biggest problem is not a lack of ambition, but of execution. The film is at no loss for ideas, but it can't really pause to catch its breath long enough to develop any of them.
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U.N. Me (Horowitz and Goff, 2009)
U.N. Me describes scandal after scandal with a relentless dullness and surprisingly glib attitude.
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Pink Ribbons, Inc. (Pool, 2011)
Pink Ribbons, Inc. is really three different documentaries: one that works, one that doesn't, and one that is mildly effective but distracts and detracts from the principle message.
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Madden, 2011)
I've often said I would pay to watch Tom Wilkinson or Judi Dench read the phone book. I'm just not sure how I feel about watching them remake The Breakfast Club.
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Minority Report (Spielberg, 2002) — 10 Years Later
I listed Minority Report as my #1 film of 2002, and ten years later the thing I find most surprising about that fact is how brave I felt and counter-cultural I thought I was being.
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Chicago (Marshall, 2002) — 10 Years Later
I'm not saying Chicago was cursed, but it is really strange to watch the film in retrospect and think that the person who was about to have arguably the most interesting decade was Dominic West, the closest thing to a lead in the best television series of the decade--and arguably of all time: The Wire.
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Blue Like Jazz and other Podcasts
I have been busy podcasting over at Film Geek Radio. New episodes include discussions with Todd C. Truffin about Blue Like Jazz, Primary Colors, and Love Free or Die.
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Girl Model (Redmon and Sabin, 2011)
From an audience perspective--at least from my perspective--the initial response is a bit of shock at the baldness of it all, followed by anger and indignation, followed by frustration at how quickly the anger passes into fatalistic acceptance.
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Alberto Tihan Interview
"Make your own work."