Eyes Wide Shut: style wins over substance
Stanley Kubrick, “Eyes Wide Shut”, (1999) I saw this movie ten years ago as there’d been a lot of hype about it featuring Tom Cruise and Nicole…
Hollywood Films
The Hunger: glossy and glamorous but in need of a remake anyway
Tony Scott, “The Hunger” (1983) One of a number of 1980s-made movies in the remake production line, this glossy flick was Tony Scott’s directorial debut about…
Blowup: blown up out of proportion to actual charms
Michelangelo Antonioni, “Blowup”, Metro Goldwyn Mayer (1966) I’d been warned by a friend that this movie was over-rated, and possibly “Blowup” is famous among a lot…
Inception: overhyped film remains in dream limbo
Christopher Nolan, “Inception” (2010) I found this film disappointing despite the ingenious combination of science fiction with the conventions of an action heist film, based on the…
The Runaways: Cherie Bomb turns out to be a fizzler
This homage to the 1970s all-female hard rock band The Runaways (Floria Sigismondi, The Runaways, Apparition / Sony Pictures Entertainment 2010) had a lot of advance…
Don’t say you weren’t warned: It might get loud
Here’s the recipe: take three rock guitarists, each representative of his generation of rock musicians, put them together in a huge warehouse space with their instruments…