With “Flight”, director Robert Zemeckis returns to the land of live-action filmmaking with his first non-animated movie since “Cast Away” in 2000. Then, he had Academy Award winner Tom Hanks as a lead. This time around, Zemeckis comes armed with Academy Award winner Denzel Washington. Here Denzel plays Whip Whitaker, a stud airline pilot who is also an alcoholic who loves to drink and do cocaine. He’s got an ex-wife and a 15 year-old son who want nothing to do with him but he’s hooking up with a stewardess played by the gorgeous Nadine Velazquez, so it’s not all bad…or is it? (Continue Reading at Examiner.com)
Category Archives: 2012 Movie Reviews
‘Total Recall’ is a remake that is a total waste of time — movie review
Reboots and remakes come in all forms. There are good remakes and then there are bad remakes. There are good remakes of bad movies and there are bad remakes of good movies. Then there are movies that have no business being remade and there are movies that are ripe for a remake as long as the right. “Total Recall” falls somewhere in that group. The filmmakers swung for the fences and unfortunately, missed — big time. Continue reading ‘Total Recall’ is a remake that is a total waste of time — movie review
‘Ice Age: Continental Drift’ (2012) review
Kids are pretty easy to please. So, you’d think the formula for a blockbuster animated movie would be pretty easy. Solid animation, which shouldn’t be hard considering the millions of geeks who can perform quality grade animation without Hollywood’s help; throw in some talking animals, the more unique the better; cast some popular Hollywood actors, who parents may recognize before the kids; put them all in an easy to follow plot that is one part adventure, one part friendship lesson and one part morality tale. Surely, I’m not the only one that has this figured out. The “Ice Age” creators apparently haven’t.