Out to own today:
The Nice Guys
 | “Look on the bright side. Nobody got hurt,” Holland March (Ryan Gosling) “People got hurt,” Jackson Healy (Russell Crowe) “I'm saying, I think they died quickly; so I don't think they got hurt,” Holland March Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe fumble the shoddy script. Like DEADPOOL, everyone seems so pleased with themselves. A disappointment from the writer of LETHAL WEAPON and THE LAST BOY SCOUT. THE NICE GUYS is far less funny than it thinks it is. The gag rate is high, but the misses outweigh the hits. As the clangers pile up, there would be awkward silences except for the bone-crunching punch sounds and the ear-splitting gunshots. [To read more, click here.] |
The Commune
 | “I annoy people. It’s my personality,” Allon (Fares Fares) I even like director Thomas Vinterberg’s IT’S ALL ABOUT LOVE. Anyone else? Anyone actually seen it? When a filmmaker has the ability to make something as piercing as FESTEN and THE HUNT, whatever they make next will be met with interest. That Vinterberg has gone soft, and made a period dramedy, loosely based on his childhood experiences in a Danish commune, had one wondering if he could deliver a project without his usual bite. Unfortunately, in its place are heavy-handed (supposedly) humorous observations and grating melodrama. [To read more, click here.] |
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