TwitReview – Liam Neeson uses his “very particular set of skills” in ‘Run All Night’; suspenseful, lots of action, and a great story – Neeson, Ed Harris, Common, and Joel Kinnaman. Grade: 4 out of 5!
Movie review: “Non-stop”
Twittview: Liam Neeson as a US Air Marshall trying to stop the takeover of a transatlantic flight from New York to London. Edge of your seat suspense in trying to figure out who the terrorist is. Grade B
Movie Review – Taken 2
There is a rule that should always be followed when making a sequel….make it better then the first. Most times this happens and in some instances we’ve had sequels that were even better then the original. We’ve also had sequels that have fallen flat to the point you wonder why it was even produced for the public to view. So where does Taken 2 fall into this hierarchy of sequeldom? Is it better then the first, much about the same, or so bad that you wonder why it was even created?
Movie Review: The Grey
How do you review a movie that wasn’t great, but didn’t suck? A movie that pulled you in, but not far enough in that you were absorbed? A film that wasn’t bad, but didn’t feel like it was made for you? Such were the questions I asked myself before I sat down to review The Grey, a movie about a group of men trying to survive in the cold harsh winter (of their discontent) of Alaska, wolves circling around them ready for dinner. It’s an interesting character study, with the group of tough guys slowly breaking down one by one. But gorgeous views of Alaska and the well-done animatronic wolves weren’t enough. For me, I wanted more.
The Grey is a man vs. nature film, and you need to be a dude (or in a dude frame of mind) to really get into this film. Or perhaps it just that this film suffers from a lack of dramatic structure. You can easily pick out the movies director/screenwriter Joe Carnahan (The A Team, Smokin’ Aces) loves as this movie unspools. Go ahead; you won’t miss much if your mind wanders. The Thing (scary!cold), Alive (dudes survive a plane crash!), Ghost and the Darkness (scary!animals), Wolfen (wolves! eek!), Solaris (dead wife visions!) Cliffhanger (daring feats of ice bravery!) But I like to think of The Grey as Deliverance. With wolves. Cue the banjo music…oh wait, wolves don’t have opposable thumbs. No wonder they’re pissed.
