Broken City Review: Top Talent Can’t Mend a Fractured Script
Broken City boasts big stars, but they can only take it so far.
Broken City boasts big stars, but they can only take it so far.
From the director of Zombieland and 30 Minutes or Less, Ruben Fleischer makes his first foray into serious filmmaking with his police and gangster movie Gangster Squad, delivering a highly violence and stylist flick that is tonally mixed.
Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty is unlike any movie I’ve seen before; a dense and sprawling espionage thriller that plays to no convention or cliché, nor takes any shortcuts even when tackling the story one of the greatest manhunts in human history.
Watching Django, it’s clear how comfortable Tarantino is behind the camera in this Southern-set Western
Although Jack Reacher has moments of greatness and a smooth energy, the easy lead casting choice and odder filmmaking choices hinder what could have been a sizzling kick off to a new dynasty for Cruise and co.
Michael Haneke’s Amour so beautifully conveys the perseverance of true love, even in the midst of chaos and disaster.
Like its source material, Tom Hooper’s adaptation sees many threads coming together to tell one exceptional story, and the director of The King’s Speech mostly succeeds in his aims to take this musical to film
This Is 40 is very much a Judd Apatow-directed movie insofar as it’s sometimes uproarious, occasionally insightful, and almost offensively long.
While The Guilt Trip isn’t a bad trip, more luggage than necessary comes with it. But it’s also a trip you shouldn’t feel guilty about taking.
The original Lord of the Rings Trilogy is one of the best novel series and film series ever and it has been a long journey for the adaptation of The Hobbit. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is a welcome returned to Middle-Earth, even if it does not match the heights of the original trilogy.
