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Wanderlust 2012
I watched this movie with friends in a state of semi-inebriation. I mention this not to show off about being drunk (although drinking is cool, kids) nor to prove that I have friends, but to illustrate that my positive reaction to this movie may have been influenced somewhat by other factors. My memory, such as it is, tells me that his movie isn’t up to much from a plot and narrative point of view but the overwhelming impression I’m left…
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From Russia With Love 1964
Memories of Bond are awash with puns, gadgets and, in the case of the Craig series (and perhaps Moonraker), increasingly lavish productions. However, it's easy to forget that early Bond films, especially the first two, are solid spy stories with a touch, but not too much, of knowing humour.
Sean Connery is on sparkling form against genuinely scary foe.
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Man on a Ledge 2012
At some point between completing the movie and releasing it, the producers or the distributors lost confidence in it and decided to market it as something that it was not. Every trailer and TV spot I saw (not that there were many) seemed to suggest that the premise of the movie boils down to a man who uses a suicide attempt to distract the police force while a robbery takes place elsewhere.
There were so many holes in this stupid…
