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 >> |
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Friday, October 25, 2013
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