Opening This Week: Certified Copy OnDemand & Select Cities - Leisurely paced and sneakily elusive, the film is difficult to define in the way that its evolving—and revolving—narrative continuously plays with the viewer's expectations. The evocative subject matter is more than enough to carry us through Kiarostami's illusory flights from linear storytelling. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Nationwide - There are diverting moments, to be sure, but director David Bowers and returning screenwriters Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah simultaneously try too hard and not hard enough. No one really learns anything this time out—about life, or growing up—making it a faint shadow of the original. Sucker Punch Nationwide - Chaotic and loud but never the least bit exciting, Snyder's meretricious, nonsensical, CGI-heavy fiasco is tedious enough to become a chore and so empty it's likely to weave a glaze over most audiences' eyes. Lugubrious and unsatisfying, "Sucker Punch" is full of flash and fury and deadening apathy. Win Win Select Cities - True to form for writer-director Tom McCarthy, "Win Win" is an observational comedy not about what happens, but about how. A small but pleasurable film that nonetheless leaves room for improvement, "Win Win" is more like "Win Tie" on final calculation. That's not such a bad place to be. |
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Saturday, March 26, 2011
Time for popcorn....
