Movie and TV Reviews.
Fresh off of the Academy Awards, I thought I would go in the opposite direction for a little bit and review one of the worst movies I have seen in a long time, the 1986 George Lucas travesty Howard the Duck.
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Here is the entire premise of Taken (which, incidentally, is not unlike the premise of a Mario Bros. video game): Girl gets kidnapped. Dad goes to save her. While some movies would take that simple yet classic idea and slap on a host of possibly-gratuitous extras like a wisecracking sidekick, romantic subplots, globetrotting, backstabbing, and [...]
If I had to describe this movie in one word, it would be simple. There’s nothing complicated here, nothing that will change your perceptions, challenge your ideas, or leave you with any real sense of wonderment. The plot is straightforward and painfully predictable, the characters are cobbled together from the bargain bin of Hollywood cardboard [...]
“Glory Road” is a good illustration of just how hard it is for movies to do what sports do. They rarely do anything to challenge our views, but rather reinforce our comfort in what we already assume. Ironically, they have a habit of acting as if they are saying something revolutionary.
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