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- Sunday, May 19, 2013 Gainesville, Georgia
Archive By Section - Movie reviews
‘Iron Man 3’ doesn’t fit the suit
"Iron Man 3" is a fine movie as long as you turn off your brain completely. If, however, you view it with even a casually critical eye, you will see a movie full of choices driven by commercial goals rather than what serves the story, characters or even its devoted fan base.
Here come the summer blockbusters, Part 1
Summer 2012 was unquestionably the best tentpole season Hollywood has offered in years. Summer 2013, however, is wildly unpredictable. While we don't yet know which will hit and which will miss, here are the movies people will be talking about during the warm months. Stay tuned for more next week!
A painful journey to dark laughs
Michael Bay has made a comedy ... sort of. Bay, director of such touchstones of subtlety as "Bad Boys," "Armageddon" and the Transformers franchise, tries his hand at comedy with "Pain & Gain." The results are predictable in many ways, because Bay brings the same Red Bull-and-vodka-injected-intravenously, taste-be-damned attitude to comedy that he brings to action. I did not predict at all, though, just how dark this dark comedy would get. "Pain & Gain" is ...
This sci-fi rip-off is on Cruise control
The audience for Universal's science-fiction blockbuster, "Oblivion," is small and easy to define.
‘42’ will open doors for actors
Legendary Pictures' biopic "42" opens this Friday, timed to coincide with Major League Baseball's Jackie Robinson Day, when the league commemorates Robinson's major league debut and the end of the color line in baseball.
A clever idea fades to tedious parade of gore, then never ends
Genre filmmaking can be like a great conversation. If both the filmmakers and viewers know the conventions of the genre, it's like they share a common language.
China's human rights struggle focus of independent film
A feature film "Free China: The Courage to Believe" will be screened at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 28, at part of the Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers at The Arts Council's Smithgall Arts Center in Gainesville.
Hollywood conjures another incredibly lazy comedy
For the second week in a row, a movie fails to live up to the superlative in its title. "Oz the Great and Powerful" was neither great nor powerful, and "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" is a far cry from incredible.
‘Oz’ takes us down familiar yellow-brick road
"Oz the Great and Powerful," a prequel to the iconic 1939 adaptation of L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz," is being framed as a huge gamble for Disney.
Latest fairy tale film is a giant mess
Another week, another folk tale hits movie theaters. Hot on the heels of the modestly performing "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" comes "Jack the Giant Slayer," an attempt to expand the old English tale into a big budget epic. "Jack" comes with some giant-sized names attached, particularly Bryan Singer and Christopher McQuarrie (the directing and writing duo behind "The Usual Suspects"), but you'd never guess that from the shoddy production values and uneven tone. The ...
‘Snitch’ pairs unlikely stars
"Snitch" offers one of the oddest casting pairings we've seen for a while. I never thought I'd see Dwayne Johnson and Susan Sarandon sharing the screen together in an action movie, but surprisingly, it ends up making sense.
A good day for ‘Die Hard’ to do so
Note: Jeff Marker's weekly movie review column will return next week. Yeah, Happy Valentine's Day, Mother Russia. But is it "A Good Day to Die Hard," a good time to be had by all as Bruce Willis takes his fifth shot at "shootin' all the scumbags"? Naaah. Loud and tedious, "Die Hard" No. 5 is a shaky-cam/Sensurround blast of bullets and bombs, digital explosions and death defying feats of defying death. Not a decent villain ...
Director’s big-screen swan song out of tune
Steven Soderbergh has built one of my favorite careers of all time. Few directors have ever or will ever match the quantity, quality and diversity of his work.
Quirky comedy is a zombie 'Romeo and Juliet'
First of all, let's get one thing straight. "Warm Bodies" is not a zombie movie.
Hoffman’s charming 'Quartet' a little movie with big heart
If Dustin Hoffman ever decides to quit acting, he could have a fine second career as a director. "Quartet" is Hoffman's official directorial debut, and it is a joyous film.
Articles by Section - Movie reviews
‘Mayan Blue’ a stunning film with Ga. ties
"Mayan Blue" is an atypical Georgia film. Most of the crew either come from or live in North Georgia, yet the film was shot entirely in Guatemala and features an abundance of breathtaking underwater cinematography.
‘Gatsby’ all glitz and little substance
Sandwiched among the usual superheroes and science-fiction epics comes a very odd summer tentpole release, an extravagant, big budget adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's literary masterpiece, "The Great Gatsby," directed by Baz Luhrmann ("Moulin Rouge!", "Romeo + Juliet") and in 3-D.
Jeff Marker’s summer 2013 movie preview, Part II
Last week we looked at the upcoming movies for summer 2013 in the action and drama categories. This week, we finish the season's preview lineup with a peek at family flicks and movies to make us laugh.
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