MW on Movies: The American, Machete, Going the Distance, Mesrine: Killer Instinct, Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 and Lebanon
The American (Three Stars) U.S.; Anton Corbijn, 2010 I like George Clooney. No off-color psychological speculations, please. What I like about him is the easy-going “good guy” way he plays the Hollywood game. I like his politics, his philanthropy, his unpretentious smarts, his good-natured jock style, his taste in movie scripts, his daring as a…
Read the full article »Review – The American
It’s an odd thing. About 20 minutes into The American and similarly in another film I can’t review right now (Sept 4), I was strongly struck by the sense that critics would be wildly split on the film. Masterpiece or Bore. I feel The American is a beautifully rendered, intimate, deceivingly simple film loaded with…
Read the full article »Voynaristic Review: Takers
Takers won’t win any awards or set a new watermark for spectactular heist films, but for what it is — a rather generic heist film with a mostly decent ensemble cast and one very good performance by Matt Dillon — it’s mostly harmless. If you’re a particularly passionate fan of any of the ensemble cast,…
Read the full article »Voynaristic Review: The Last Exorcism
Wilmington on Movies: Flipped, Takers, Vampires Suck and Centurions
Wilmington on DVDs: The City of Your Final Destination, Black Orpheus, Hamlet, The Last Song, and more …
Wilmington on DVDs: The Magnificent Seven, Date Night, Little Women, Chicago and more …
| MCN Critics | Len Klady | David Poland | Ray Pride | Kim Voynar | Michael Wilmington |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Machete |  |  | |||
| Going the Distance | | | | ||
| The American | | | | ||
| Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 | | | | ||
| Prince of Broadway | |
