Out to own today:
A Million Ways to Die in the West
| “Hate can move mountains,” Albert Stark (Seth MacFarlane) to Anna (Charlize Theron) FAMILY GUY/AMERICAN DAD creator MacFarlane has botched this comedy-western. Wearing too many hats perhaps (director, writer, producer), with the least well-fitting, live action star, the clunker dragging down proceedings. His lead protagonist, Albert, at one point asks a crowd, of the scene-stealing Foy (Neil Patrick Harris), “How is that funny?” Exactly Seth, exactly. From the laugh-free trailer to a movie that runs nearly two hours, scraping together a small handful of chortles, where was the quality control? [To read more, click here.] |
Devil's Knot
| “We are under a lot of pressure down here,” Inspector Gary Gitchell (Rex Linn) Feeling short-changed by DEVIL’S KNOT is the probable response for anyone familiar with ace documentary WEST OF MEMPHIS (2012), produced by Peter Jackson. The latter dissected a double tragedy: The murder of three eight-year-old boys in 1993, and the miscarriage of justice where three teenagers were shown to be wrongly convicted of the crime. A documentary of power and intelligence, it is impossible not to be moved and shocked by what is presented. Props should at least be given to the DEVIL’S KNOT makers for shining a spotlight on such an important case. However, the end result leaves much to be desired. [To read more, click here.] |
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