
The movie American Sniper is based on Chief Petty Officer Chris Kyle’s bestselling autobiography with the title American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U. S. History. This book spent 37 weeks on the NY Times Best Seller list.
“A billion souls have known death at my hand. It is time you joined them!” – Thanos in Marvel Super Heroes (1995) As those who saw Avengers: Infinity War know, the above quote from the classic arcade game is no … Read more
“Tragedy is a test of courage. If you can meet it bravely, it will leave you bigger than it found you. If not than you will have to live all you life as a coward, because no matter where you … Read more
Sadly, ‘Joy’ is good, but doesn’t live up to the standard set by the most recent movies from director David O. Russell
The movie American Sniper is based on Chief Petty Officer Chris Kyle’s bestselling autobiography with the title American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U. S. History. This book spent 37 weeks on the NY Times Best Seller list.
If you ask any fan of film to name a few of the best movies involving con artists, the first few that will be mentioned are almost certain to include The Sting, House of Games, Catch Me If You Can, and a few others. The first two are the best of the genre. Until now. American Hustle, a film from David O. Russell is definitely a contender to be among the best movies involving a con or cons, ever.
Read moreDance on down to ‘American Hustle’, it is amazingly awesome
[rating=1]Starring: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Ken Jeong, John Goodman
Director: Todd Phillips
Writer: Todd Phillips, Craig Mazin
In retrospect I don’t feel I came down hard enough on The Hangover Part II, but I won’t make that mistake this time. The Hangover Part III does do a couple things that the previous film should have, but at this point it’s much too little and far too late.
There is a word Native Americans use for what they referred to as The Place Beyond the Pines (in those words, more or less). That word is Schenectady, which is where this movie takes place.
Read moreTake a trip to ‘The Place Beyond The Pines’ – it’s worth the journey
In Matthew Quick’s sensitive novel Silver Linings Playbook, the Solitano family – moody paterfamilias Pat Sr., peacekeeping mother Dolores, and son Pat Jr., recently released from a mental institution for reasons yet to be discovered – live in an Eagles-obsessed Philly suburb in South Jersey. David O. Russell has both adapted and directed the movie version of Quick’s book, which results in a scattershot translation lacking in many of the details that grounded the original story. That the Solitano household now exists in an unspecified Pennsylvania town is just the tip of the iceberg in how Silver, a piercing look into the mind of the mentally ill, has morphed into a neutered, loosy-goosey comedy without claws.
Quaid and Irons are both good in their roles, with Cooper just not up to the task that this emotional roller-coaster character requires.