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Monday, May 30, 2011
Saturday, May 28, 2011
maybe the pool and BBQ are a better bet this weekend....
Opening This Week:
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/h/11_hangover2.htm> The Hangover Part
II
½ (out of ★★★★)
Thursday Nationwide - As the film goes on its dull, dim-brained, slapdash
way toward the very same conclusion as "The Hangover," there isn't a
solitary laugh in sight. Not one. A person couldn't write worse jokes-if
that's what they are-if he or she tried, and its sheer ineptitude just goes
to cement what a valuable gem the recent "Bridesmaids" was for its genuine
humor, intelligence, loopy stamina, and warm heart.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/h/11_hangover2.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/k/11_kungfupanda2.htm> Kung Fu Panda 2
★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Thursday Nationwide - In 2-D theaters and once on Blu-Ray, "Kung Fu Panda
2" will be a feast to just gaze upon, its exotic Chinese backdrops and the
diverse palate of characters beautifully captured. In 3-D, the same cannot
be said about an image that is altogether dimmer, dingier and
unattractively faded. Lacking those deeper pangs of emotion and nostalgia
that Pixar at its best captures, the movie is airy but entertaining,
certain to please its target audience for ninety minutes.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/k/11_kungfupanda2.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/11_midnightinparis.htm> Midnight in
Paris
★★ (out of ★★★★)
Friday in Select Cities - Doing for his new French setting what he did for
New York City in 1979's "Manhattan," writer-director Woody Allen knows, if
nothing else, how to capture a particular location on film with all the
rapturous nostalgia and dreamlike eloquence he can muster. The rest of the
picture, alas, is disappointing, lacking the reverence needed to make a
lasting impact about the weighty themes the prolific filmmaker wishes to
explore.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/11_midnightinparis.htm> Read the
Full Review >>
ⓒ 2011 Dustin Putman
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Memorial Day
sharing and reflecting upon....
For the last couple of years I have sent out a selected image on Veterans
Day and Memorial Day to honor all those who have served. The attached image
was taken this month on the beach adjacent to the famous Santa Monica Pier.
This Sunday-only display of crosses and caskets is reverently hosted by a
group of LA Vietnam Veterans and has become known as Arlington West. I hope
you will pause Monday to quietly honor the countless thousands of men and
women who since 1776 have put their lives and futures on the line to further
our American democracy.
Frank Brennan
Annapolis
Friday, May 13, 2011
At least 4 worth sitting in the theaters for.....
Opening This Week: Bridesmaids Nationwide - A destined comedy classic. It takes a rousingly smart, thoughtful, imaginatively witty, all around fun side-splitter like "Bridesmaids" to really put into perspective just how sorely lacking the vast majority of mainstream studio comedies are in the twenty-first century. Hesher Select Cities - Anarchistic and blazingly human, "Hesher" hits a nerve that few movies ever do. As equal parts tough, touching and resolute as the renegade saving-grace of the title, "Hesher" is an uncommonly perceptive cinematic revolution. Priest Nationwide - So dispassionate and just plain shoddily made that it leaves one scratching their head over how director Scott Stewart could have gotten the job. The film is horror, sci-fi, western, and adventure, and it very nearly couldn't be any more bland and murky than it already is. "Priest" is an irritating, lifeless experience, so bad it sucks the fun right out of moviegoing. Skateland Select Cities - Paints a detailed, believable glimpse of the 1980s and has an impressively extensive soundtrack of decade-specific tunes to go with it. "Skateland" isn't just about the end of one's adolescence, it turns out, but the culmination of a particular time that is about to be gone forever. Troll Hunter OnDemand, In Select Cities June 10 - An ambitious treat of equal parts threat and whimsy. Bursting with ingenuity and simply stunning to look at, "Troll Hunter" stands as an example next to 2010's shoestring sensation "Monsters" of just how much bang indie filmmakers these days can get with their bucks. Hollywood, are you listening? |
© 2011 Dustin Putman |
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Happy Mother's Day
The following is a post on Facebook from a dear friend—Bill Henderson. http://www.holdtheeyeimages.com/
His words say it all and are worth repeating. As we celebrate Mother’s Day, lest we not forget……….
· “HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! Special prayers to the 6002 mothers who lost sons and daughters in the fight on terror to the nearly 3000 mothers who lost sons and daughters in 9/11. And finally, special tears and prayers for the moms who were lost, to their sons and daughters who will never be the same.” Wm J Henderson. May 8, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
Something for everyone at the movies this weekend.....
Opening This Week: The Beaver Select Cities - Quirky and even brave, one can admire the film for all that it attempts despite it not really working on the intimate, heartrending level it strives for. Take away the titular gimmick, and "The Beaver" would be a standard-issue family drama with nothing to set it apart from other oft-told tales of suburban ennui. Jumping the Broom Nationwide - Yet another soapy romantic comedy about a wedding weekend culture-clash wherein petty disagreements, catty behavior, self-doubt, and potentially life-changing revelations are the name of the game until all of the above tidily work themselves out just in time for the gooey, all's-right-with-the-world ending. Something Borrowed Nationwide - "Something Borrowed" doesn't always evade the traps of convention—yes, this is one of those films where the protagonist is supposed to be seen as less than the ideal of physical beauty, despite clearly being as pretty as the so-called "gorgeous" one—but it is the first film of its kind in a while with an ending that isn't such an obvious foregone conclusion. Stake Land OnDemand & Select Cities - A quiet sense of loss casts a grim shadow over the picture, lifting it above typical horror-flick theatrics. When "Stake Land" is creepy, it's very creepy, but it's the ghosts who pass through the frames—lost souls who want to carry on and fight to survive, and ultimately do not make it—that hauntingly linger even when they are no more. Thor Nationwide - "Thor" will not be going down anytime soon as one of the quintessentially great superhero efforts, like 2002's "Spider-Man," 2006's undervalued "Superman Returns," and 2008's "The Dark Knight," but it isn't a failure, either. Traversing a well-made, if middle-of-the-road, path, the film captivates as innocuous eye candy and occasional spectacle, but isn't so successful on a lasting dramatic level. |
© 2011 Dustin Putman |
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