http://www.grouchoreviews.com/ Fri, 17 May 2013 01:40:28 GMT Film/DVD reviews, interviews and features. http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/4469 /reviews/4469 The awfulness of the narrative is plain to see, and yet...no one can say Stand Up Guys lacks personality. Thu, 16 May 2013 15:27:00 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/4501 /reviews/4501 Smart or...dumb? Yes, and...fun to hang around with for a couple of hours. Wed, 15 May 2013 05:53:00 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/4497 /reviews/4497 Though the film nakedly seeks a wide audience through conventional plotting and characterization…and despite being (like most action movies) guy-centric…Shanghai Noon provides good, clean ‘family‘ fun. Tue, 14 May 2013 18:51:00 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/684 /reviews/684 This innocent, sixties-style, big-budget comedy-romance-action-adventure romp is solid family entertainment that would make any self-respecting kid‘s jaw drop for a good two hours. Tue, 14 May 2013 18:48:00 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/4503 /reviews/4503 As good as, if not better than, any of the feature films that would later star the Next Generation cast. Tue, 14 May 2013 04:53:00 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/4502 /reviews/4502 Not only did the third season mark a quantum leap in non-niche popularity for the series, but a greater consistency in the show‘s writing and execution that meant a precipitous drop in fan complaints. Tue, 14 May 2013 04:53:00 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/4500 /reviews/4500 Luhrmann approaches the story and directs his actors in ways that hold them at a distance from us: the overkill plays less as bold art and more as lack of trust in the source material. Fri, 10 May 2013 13:48:00 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/4499 /reviews/4499 Inviting photography and a relentless pace complement Claude‘s unfolding narrative, but the big thrills are in the deftly drawn characters...and the incisive satire... Fri, 10 May 2013 13:43:00 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/4498 /reviews/4498 Works best when it sticks close to Henry, whose broad grin fails to mask a growing desperation. Quaid not only makes a believably corn-fed patriarch, but he captures the mien of one who is slowly ceding his soul... Sat, 04 May 2013 23:49:07 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/4496 /reviews/4496 Perhaps it‘s damning Renoir with faint praise to call it agreeable, but Gilles Bourdos‘ film...shows an admirable restraint, quiet simplicity, and lush pictorial beauty. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:06:52 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/3340 /reviews/3340 All the ingredients for a great evening at the movies: lively music, eye-catching scenery, larger-than-life comic set pieces, suave men and beautiful women, and odd-man-out Clouseau, played to perfection by the one and only Peter Sellers. Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:07:00 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/4494 /reviews/4494 The most satisfying cinematic experience we‘ve had at the multiplex thus far this year, and largely through its disinterest in playing along with movie trends. Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:16:45 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/4493 /reviews/4493 There are two types of people in the world. Those who should under no circumstances see the horror sequel/reboot Evil Dead and those who just gotta see it. Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:17:00 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/4488 /reviews/4488 Day-Lewis...wears well the weariness of the office and Lincoln‘s puckish yet subdued sense of humor, scaling the man closer to life-size than Mount Rushmore monumental. Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:01:00 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/4491 /reviews/4491 Sunny days, blue skies, and rippling blue waters lined with greenery...Plain nice, and there‘s nothing wrong with that. Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:30:00 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/4490 /reviews/4490 Do not consume The Host before operating heavy machinery. Side effects may include spontaneous coma or fits of giggling. Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:22:29 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/4439 /reviews/4439 Supplements its palace intrigue with the good old-fashioned pull of romance and costume drama...Mikkelsen‘s magnetism and sly expressiveness hold the film‘s center with a quiet potency. Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:57:00 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/4487 /reviews/4487 Monsieur Verdoux can boast a screenplay with a highly unusual moral complexity and a deeply philosophical bent...Yes, Verdoux is a film that name-drops Schopenhauer, but it‘s also damn funny... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 03:21:00 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/4461 /reviews/4461 By most cinematic measures, Zero Dark Thirty is one of the best-made films of 2012. It also probably shouldn‘t exist. Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:31:00 GMT Peter Canavese http://www.grouchoreviews.com/reviews/4486 /reviews/4486 Appears to have been market-tested to within an inch of its life, so despite a theme of finding the capacity to evolve, the picture remains mired in the tar pit of formula. Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:56:56 GMT Peter Canavese