The Mexican (2001) Se Fuld Film

<p>At a time when action and effects dominate the movies, it's plain refreshing to run into a picture that rolls around playfully in the language.. . There is nothing in this very slight road movie ... that remotely justifies its ponderous length.. This is not your typical star vehicle.. . . Intermittently appealing, fundamentally dysfunctional.. One of those movies you go to see at 7 p.m., look at your watch three hours later and see that it says 7:45.. . . Disjointed, dull and poorly acted.. . Pr... <div id="rmore">0236493</div></p>

At a time when action and effects dominate the movies, it's plain refreshing to run into a picture that rolls around playfully in the language.. . There is nothing in this very slight road movie ... that remotely justifies its ponderous length.. This…

Mystic River (2003) Se Fuld Film

<p>With its measured, team-produced screenplay by Mann, Ronan Bennett, and Ann Biderman, Public Enemies makes heavy business of the notion that Hoover ushered in an era of ethically elastic law-enforcement procedures still recognizable today.. Even the bank jobs and prison breaks feel perfunctory and enervated.. A rather sad movie about the potential futility of doing good, or at least taking the difficult path, in a complicated world.. If John Dillinger had not existed... Michael Mann would have h... <div id="rmore">0327056</div></p>

With its measured, team-produced screenplay by Mann, Ronan Bennett, and Ann Biderman, Public Enemies makes heavy business of the notion that Hoover ushered in an era of ethically elastic law-enforcement procedures still recognizable today.. Even the …

The November Man (2014) Spille Film

<p>A predictable espionage thriller undercut further by loose ends left dangling, November Man is worth seeing only for Pierce Brosnan's dynamic lead performance.. The spy who bored me.. It's unfortunate that the shrewdness -- dare I say thought? -- that went into shaping Brosnan's aging hero doesn't extend to the rest of the movie.. Sadly, the film rapidly devolves into an AARP version of a Jason Bourne-like vendetta, only bloodier and less meaningful.. Often frustrating and at times incomprehensi... <div id="rmore">2402157</div></p>

A predictable espionage thriller undercut further by loose ends left dangling, November Man is worth seeing only for Pierce Brosnan's dynamic lead performance.. The spy who bored me.. It's unfortunate that the shrewdness -- dare I say thought? -- tha…

Gangs of New York (2002) Download Film

<p>It's a magnificent achievement -- holes, tatters, crudities, screw-ups, and all.. Gangs can be riveting, but for all its violence, it fails to land a knockout blow.. For almost the first two-thirds of Martin Scorsese's 168-minute Gangs of New York, I was entranced.. What we're left with has the patness of a history lesson about our roots and the melting pot and what it means to be an American.. Scorsese's congested, conflicted, entrancing achievement.. Despite some reservations, however, the mov... <div id="rmore">0217505</div></p>

It's a magnificent achievement -- holes, tatters, crudities, screw-ups, and all.. Gangs can be riveting, but for all its violence, it fails to land a knockout blow.. For almost the first two-thirds of Martin Scorsese's 168-minute Gangs of New York, I…

Lord of War (2005) Se Fuld Film

<p>. Lord of War has a hip, gonzo energy to it and it's often transfixing to watch and listen to. But it's finally just as empty as the man it's about.. A raffishly ironic and insinuating movie -- and probably the most sheerly enjoyable film of the year so far.. ELord Of War drops the hammer slowly, laying out the fascinating parameters of Cage's world before opening up its argument in an astonishing denouement.. The poison arrows of satire that writer-director Andrew Niccol aims at international a... <div id="rmore">0399295</div></p>

. Lord of War has a hip, gonzo energy to it and it's often transfixing to watch and listen to. But it's finally just as empty as the man it's about.. A raffishly ironic and insinuating movie -- and probably the most sheerly enjoyable film of the year…

A History of Violence (2005) Online Streaming

<p>Inside Man brings Lee back into the mainstream while still letting him have some fun, and he passes that fun on to the audience.. This peculiarly predictable picture has been calculated, or miscalculated, to set up certain expectations, fulfill them, and then do the same thing again, thereby giving us a chance to see what's coming and, at least in theory, be shocked.. Exceptionally well written with clever twists and witty dialogue by first-time screenwriter Russell Gewirtz, Inside Man is adroit... <div id="rmore">0399146</div></p>

Inside Man brings Lee back into the mainstream while still letting him have some fun, and he passes that fun on to the audience.. This peculiarly predictable picture has been calculated, or miscalculated, to set up certain expectations, fulfill them,…

Training Day (2001) Spille Film

<p>It's an engrossing portrait not only of government intrigue and crusading after the truth, but of media and their tangled motivations.. Even though Training Day doesn't resolve itself as well as it deserves and ends strictly cops-and-robbers style, it's given us some great acting and something to ponder.. When Denzel gets going, however, he sure does go!. If the screenplay to "Kill the Messenger" were a news story, any capable copydesk would have kicked it back to the reporter-not for a shortage... <div id="rmore">0139654</div></p>

It's an engrossing portrait not only of government intrigue and crusading after the truth, but of media and their tangled motivations.. Even though Training Day doesn't resolve itself as well as it deserves and ends strictly cops-and-robbers style, i…