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After Green Lantern, it’s a pleasure to see Ryan Reynolds matching wits [and chops] with Denzel Washington – who seems to be joining Liam Neeson as a middle-aged action star – in a movie that is actually the kind of taut, suspenseful thriller that is as smart as it is violent.
Had Coriolanus been in wider release before New Year’s, it would likely have made my list of favorites for the year.
After The Woman In Black I think we can safely stop working in Harry Potter references every time Daniel Radcliffe’s name is mentioned. You have to admire how far he’s come as an actor and all the really interesting projects he’s taken on over the last few years. The one thing this move shows is he does have star power, but even that power is not enough to save this kludgy, dreary mess of a movie.
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Chronicle takes all the standard Super Hero movie cliches, dresses it up with an interesting “documentary” style approach that makes the movie seem fresher than it actually ends up being. The movie isn’t so much about the “birth” of a new “Super-Hero” it’s the birth of a new villain which was an interesting take on the material.
Chronicle is not a superhero movie – even though it has kids who gain superpowers. Instead, it’s a chronicle of the way kids might really behave if they gained such abilities – and it’s both delightful and terrifying.
The Woman In Black freaked out the audience at the screening I attended – this in spite of minimal blood and a decided lack of decapitations, amputations, eviscerations or any other form of torture porn.
Daniel Radcliffe’s first post-Harry movie is an old-fashioned haunted house/ghost story with all kinds of familiar, yet beautifully timed practical effects and, maybe, a teensy bit of CG sweetening.
Here’s the thing – Underworld: Awakening is one of those type of movies that will not appeal to folks who don’t like “Action” movies. It also will not appeal to people who don’t like “B” movies. Me, however, I love a good grade B/C action flick. When I walk into a movie like this, I don’t expect much, but what I do want is a good spot of violence, something that looks interesting visually and a movie that holds my attention.
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