Archive for February, 2010


Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is a movie without a single surprise. If you watch the movie right now, you will understand everything that wants to be said, and what will happen to all of the characters. You will also know if it’s a movie you will like. For me its a painfully unfunny romantic comedy.

An all-star ensemble cast comes together in “Valentine’s Day,” which follows the intertwining storylines of a diverse group of Los Angelinos as they navigate their way through romance and heartbreak over the course of one Valentine’s Day. Couples and singles experience the pinnacles and pitfalls of finding, keeping or ending relationships in a day in the life of love.

Directed by veteran filmmaker Garry Marshall, the film stars Jessica Alba (“Fantastic Four”), Academy Award® winner Kathy Bates (“Misery”), Jessica Biel (“I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry”), Bradley Cooper (“The Hangover”), Eric Dane (TV’s “Grey’s Anatomy”), Patrick Dempsey (“Enchanted”), Hector Elizondo (the “Princess Diaries” films), Academy Award® winner Jamie Foxx (“Ray”), Jennifer Garner (“Juno”), Topher Grace (“Spider-Man 3”), Academy Award® nominee Anne Hathaway (“Rachel Getting Married”), Ashton Kutcher (“What Happens in Vegas”), Academy Award® nominee Queen Latifah (“Chicago”), Taylor Lautner (“The Twilight Saga: New Moon”), George Lopez (“Beverly Hills Chihuahua”), Academy Award® winner Shirley MacLaine (“Terms of Endearment”), Emma Roberts (“Hotel for Dogs”), Academy Award® winner Julia Roberts (“Erin Brockovich”) and award-winning singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, in her feature film debut.

The Wolfman

In some ways Joe Johnston’s The Wolfman didn’t have to do all that much to improve on its source material. The original 1941 film was a classic horror flick, full of pretentious dialogue and hammy actors and, yes, a few revolutionary effects shots that are remembered to this day. But with better technology to play with and a whole lot more money, Johnston had the opportunity to expand on some of the rich psychological territory of the original Wolf Man, and make it look glossier in the process.

But, its pitty on him, that he with a giant effects budget and no idea how to use it, Johnston gives us The Wolfman as a rambling, pseudo-Freudian house of horrors, with lots of things to jump out of us and look creepy but virtually nothing that’s truly scary. Displaying a bewildering performance from Benicio del Toro, who appears to be faking his American accent, and Anthony Hopkins swanning around a bedraggled mansion in tiger skins.

Cast of The WOLFMAN were quite excellent in this Horrorflick. Cinematic presentation is very good, but the film lacked any real depth. The story line is predictable, tired and does a poor job of bringing you into the characters emotions. Ultimately the Wolfman is a strange but a boring mess.

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