Dustin Putman's Movie Reviews |
Opening This Week: All Is Lost ★★ (out of ★★★★) Select Cities - Jostling around on the same flat level, spurts of interest coming but few and far between, "All Is Lost" should send one away with a dropped, unsettled stomach. Instead, it doesn't elicit much more than a shrug. Read the Full Review >> The Counselor ★★★½ (out of ★★★★) Nationwide - "The Counselor" is bleak, bleak, bleak for mainstream studio cinema, but does that really matter when a motion picture is as exquisitely helmed and stirringly envisioned as this one? Read the Full Review >> Haunter ★★ (out of ★★★★) VOD & Select Cities - "Haunter" never completely loses the viewer's interest, but the edgy, enigmatic would-be momentum goes slack in the second half as the slim plot extends to 97 minutes when 80 would have made for a tauter experience. Read the Full Review >> Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa ★★½ (out of ★★★★) Nationwide - Works more than it doesn't and moves at a clip rate. If one set-piece isn't working, rest assured that a new and probably better one is minutes away. This is total cinematic junk food, but that doesn't mean it isn't sinfully tasty while it lasts. Read the Full Review >> My new book, THE FRIGHT FILE: 150 FILMS TO SEE BEFORE HALLOWEEN, is NOW AVAILABLE onAmazon.com and on Amazon Kindle! Sure, you might not be able to catch them all before this October 31st, but the dawn brings 364 more movie nights that are still "Before Halloween!" Read More & Buy Now! >> The latest additions to this new section of the site include: "The Colony," "Chilling Visions: 5 Senses of Fear," "Static," "The Little Mermaid," "Psycho II," "Psycho III" and"Prince of Darkness." Dustin's Blu-ray Reviews >> |
© 2013 Dustin Putman |
Friday, October 25, 2013
Movies
Monday, October 14, 2013
United States Postal Service-Anthrax attack-twelve years later
Twelve years ago today, news began breaking that anthrax laden letters had
been detected in the US Mail. For all who mobilized on Columbus Day and
drove down to the L'Enfant Plaza that night, I say thanks. The minutes,
hours, days, months following the attacks were filled with great
uncertainty. Two of our own who came to work to their jobs fell to this
heinous attack. Looking back over the years, little was known about
anthrax then and am not sure any more is known today. Remember, in the
midst of all the dysfunction in Washington DC and a partial government
shutdown, the dedicated men and women of the United States Postal Service
continue to do what they do best-deliver the mail. God Bless 'em and thank
you.
been detected in the US Mail. For all who mobilized on Columbus Day and
drove down to the L'Enfant Plaza that night, I say thanks. The minutes,
hours, days, months following the attacks were filled with great
uncertainty. Two of our own who came to work to their jobs fell to this
heinous attack. Looking back over the years, little was known about
anthrax then and am not sure any more is known today. Remember, in the
midst of all the dysfunction in Washington DC and a partial government
shutdown, the dedicated men and women of the United States Postal Service
continue to do what they do best-deliver the mail. God Bless 'em and thank
you.
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Get out of the rain this weekend
Dustin Putman's Movie Reviews |
Opening This Week: Captain Phillips ★★½ (out of ★★★★) Nationwide -"Captain Phillips" doesn't have very much to say about the unsettled socioeconomic climate in which it is set, but as a scrupulously devised adventure-thriller, there is enough that works well to overlook its stumbles. At the trusty center is Hanks, anchoring the picture with the captivating, unforced prowess of only the very best thespians in the biz. Read the Full Review >> Escape from Tomorrow ★★★½ (out of ★★★★) VOD & Select Cities -Subversive, surreal and deliciously stimulating. Part slice-of-life drama, part mind-bending cautionary tale, "Escape from Tomorrow" absorbs the viewer instantly, first as a sort of offbeat, eavesdropping travelogue and then as a hallucinatory saga of broken dreams and adulthood desperation. Read the Full Review >> Machete Kills ★★ (out of ★★★★) Nationwide - A tongue-in-cheek exploitation that manages to be batshit-crazier than the first, but only about half as diverting. Amusing in pockets but not for the long haul, the film tries to be too much at once and ends up somehow being less than what one hopes and expects. Read the Full Review >> My new book,THE FRIGHT FILE: 150 FILMS TO SEE BEFORE HALLOWEEN, isNOW AVAILABLE onAmazon.comand on Amazon Kindle! Sure, you might not be able to catch them allbefore thisOctober 31st, but the dawn brings 364 more movie nights that are still "Before Halloween!" Read More & Buy Now! >> The latest additions to this new section of the site include:"Chilling Visions: 5 Senses of Fear," "Static," "The Little Mermaid," "Psycho II," "Psycho III"and "Prince of Darkness." Dustin's Blu-ray Reviews >> |
© 2013 Dustin Putman |
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Friday, October 4, 2013
A perfect weekend for a perfect rating. Gravity
Opening This Week:
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/a/13_assbackwards.htm> Ass Backwards
★½ (out of ★★★★)
VOD Now, Select Cities 11/8 - Director Chris Nelson's movie starts
promisingly enough, but the buoyant mood deflates when its true colors are
revealed. "Ass Backwards" may have been written by women, but one would
never guess it judging by the evidence onscreen.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/a/13_assbackwards.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/g/13_gravity.htm> Gravity
★★★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - A revolutionary cinematic leap beyond the stratosphere,
"Gravity" is alarming, intoxicating, eloquent, stomach-tossingly terrifying
and emotionally shattering. Its fluid, seamless, photorealistic depiction
of outer space as breathlessly authentic as, perhaps, any motion picture
that has been made, to date.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/g/13_gravity.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/r/13_runnerrunner.htm> Runner Runner
★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - As a thriller, the film is languidly paced and predictable,
low on threat or narrative momentum. As a character drama, it is
superficial and two dimensional, the people onscreen either stick-figure
constructs or too wishy-washy to make an impression.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/r/13_runnerrunner.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
My new book, THE FRIGHT FILE: 150 FILMS TO SEE BEFORE HALLOWEEN, is NOW
AVAILABLE on
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0615774024/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=17
89&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0615774024&linkCode=as2&tag=tmbdotcom-20>
Amazon.com and on
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FHQHXBQ/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=17
89&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00FHQHXBQ&linkCode=as2&tag=tmbdotcom-20>
Amazon Kindle! Sure, you might not be able to catch them all before this
October 31st, but the dawn brings 364 more movie nights that are still
"Before Halloween!"
<http://thefrightfile.com> Read More & Buy Now! >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/bluray/> Blu-ray Reviews
The latest additions to this new section of the site include: "The Little
Mermaid," "Psycho II," "Psycho III" and "Prince of Darkness."
<http://www.dustinputman.com/bluray/> Dustin's Blu-ray Reviews >>
ⓒ 2013 Dustin Putman
<http://www.dustinputman.com/> dustinputman.com
<http://www.twitter.com/DustinPutman> twitter.com/DustinPutman
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/a/13_assbackwards.htm> Ass Backwards
★½ (out of ★★★★)
VOD Now, Select Cities 11/8 - Director Chris Nelson's movie starts
promisingly enough, but the buoyant mood deflates when its true colors are
revealed. "Ass Backwards" may have been written by women, but one would
never guess it judging by the evidence onscreen.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/a/13_assbackwards.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/g/13_gravity.htm> Gravity
★★★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - A revolutionary cinematic leap beyond the stratosphere,
"Gravity" is alarming, intoxicating, eloquent, stomach-tossingly terrifying
and emotionally shattering. Its fluid, seamless, photorealistic depiction
of outer space as breathlessly authentic as, perhaps, any motion picture
that has been made, to date.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/g/13_gravity.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/r/13_runnerrunner.htm> Runner Runner
★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - As a thriller, the film is languidly paced and predictable,
low on threat or narrative momentum. As a character drama, it is
superficial and two dimensional, the people onscreen either stick-figure
constructs or too wishy-washy to make an impression.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/r/13_runnerrunner.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
My new book, THE FRIGHT FILE: 150 FILMS TO SEE BEFORE HALLOWEEN, is NOW
AVAILABLE on
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0615774024/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=17
89&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0615774024&linkCode=as2&tag=tmbdotcom-20>
Amazon.com and on
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FHQHXBQ/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=17
89&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00FHQHXBQ&linkCode=as2&tag=tmbdotcom-20>
Amazon Kindle! Sure, you might not be able to catch them all before this
October 31st, but the dawn brings 364 more movie nights that are still
"Before Halloween!"
<http://thefrightfile.com> Read More & Buy Now! >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/bluray/> Blu-ray Reviews
The latest additions to this new section of the site include: "The Little
Mermaid," "Psycho II," "Psycho III" and "Prince of Darkness."
<http://www.dustinputman.com/bluray/> Dustin's Blu-ray Reviews >>
ⓒ 2013 Dustin Putman
<http://www.dustinputman.com/> dustinputman.com
<http://www.twitter.com/DustinPutman> twitter.com/DustinPutman
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