Opening This Week:
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/a/11_atrocious.htm> Atrocious
★★½ (out of ★★★★)
In Select AMC Theaters Aug 17th - It is obvious that the picture's creation
grew from writer-director Fernando Berreda Luna's access to a really great,
spooky, secluded location rather than the other way around. All the same,
it is a great, spooky, secluded location-one that viewers will not soon
forget. "Atrocious" is far from tops in the annals of "found-footage"
thrillers, but it does know how to wrestle with expectations and ratchet
suspense when it gets down to it.
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<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/f/11_fd5.htm> Final Destination 5
★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - Some actual, honest-to-goodness thought and care went into
"Final Destination 5," a sentiment not often found when it comes to the
fifth installment in any increasingly ridiculous slasher franchise.
Delivering solid production values and creative special effects that, on
both accounts, are a huge step up from the overblown CGI artifice of its
more slapdash precursor, "Final Destination 5" is decidedly the best sequel
of the bunch.
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<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/h/11_help.htm> The Help
★★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - Usually when people describe movies as ones in which "you'll
laugh, you'll cry," it is code for films that try too hard to be cute and
dramatically manipulative. While watching "The Help," it is a safe bet that
most viewers will laugh and cry, but here it's only code for a motion
picture that so staggeringly captures the humor and sorrow that comes with
being human and existing in a world that is not always fair. "The Help" is
a beautiful story, beautifully told.
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<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/t/11_30minutesorless.htm> 30 Minutes
or Less
Zero Stars (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - A profane, gags-a'plenty action-comedy played predominately
for raunch and giggles. Or so one would assume. The trouble is, "30 Minutes
or Less" hasn't a solitary laugh to its name. As the woefully misguided
plot to nowhere presses on, the film frequently forgets it's even trying to
be funny. "30 Minutes or Less" is distasteful and putrid, so disillusioned
and amateurish that it can't even be bothered to properly wrap up its loose
plot treads. Instead, when it finally hits a brick wall, it simply gives up
altogether and ends.
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Full Review >>
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