Opening This Week: The Conspirator Nationwide - Competent but hollow, the film is out of sight, out of mind the moment the end credits roll. With meager scope, undernourished characters, and the inability to emotionally captivate, the all-star cast gets in the way of what most closely resembles a small-screen reenactment. Hobo with a Shotgun OnDemand, In Select Cities May 6 - A non-stop, over-the-top, intentionally ridiculous smorgasbord of violence and bloodshed that ceases being disturbing and just becomes pure, 100% fun. For the right audience, movies don't get much more deliriously entertaining and courageously off-color than this one. Rio Nationwide - As a whole, "Rio" is just resoundingly okay. The plot is okay. The characters are unoriginal, but okay. The lush, lovely setting should have been better-used, and is just okay. At least "Rio" is aesthetically attractive. Too bad the rest of the film doesn't match the visuals. Scream 4 Nationwide - It's whip-smart, it's auspiciously savvy, it's full of escalating tension, and it knows just how to juggle humor with frights without either tone lessening or overshadowing the other. At a point when most series have gone stale, run out of ideas, and worn out their welcome, the bold, exhilarating "Scream 4" replenishes itself anew. Super OnDemand & Select Cities - "Super" gets points for being so unusual—as far as R-rated superhero movies go, this one makes 2010's "Kick-Ass" look positively conventional in comparison—but it also unsettles in a distinctly off-putting way. Sharp tonal shifts can work to a picture's benefit, or they can prove harmful, and that is where this one's individual pleasures grow murky. |
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Friday, April 15, 2011
After you are done with spring cleaning......treat yourself to a movie.
