Monday, August 27, 2007

Rush Hour 3 (2007)


The villain and his minions capture Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker and lead them down into the Paris sewer. The villain tells a vaguely menacing anecdote about the sewers, then offers them one last chance, tell me where the girl is and you live -- something Jackie Chan isn't about to agree to: his eyes narrow, his jaw sets.

Chris Tucker beams: "You got a deal! Thanks for showing us the sewer!"

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

The Bourne Ultimatum



“Engage the asset,” evil David Strathairn intones on two occasions in The Bourne Ultimatum, and each time there follows a sequence of near-identical ciphers answering the phone and snapping into action in the anonymous room where they’d been zoned out in front of the TV; it’s a sly joke that’s niftier and chillier the second time around.

Recommended.

Friday, July 27, 2007

Monday, July 23, 2007

Spiderman 3 (2007)



There are about seven different storylines and none are resolved in a satisfying manner, which makes it seem closer to the comic book I remember than the two previous movies.

Most importantly, it looks better.

No Country For Old Men (2007)

Friday, July 13, 2007

Where The Sidewalk Ends (1950)


As it turns out here, the sidewalk ends at the curb, not the gutter.

Friday, July 6, 2007

Knocked Up (2007)


During the very funny Knocked Up – an amiable blob of a comedy – Kristen Wiig, in the course of two brief scenes with a shape and snap the rest of the movie lacks, nearly walks away with the picture, and makes it look easy.