I have a great fondness for movies that let me know right where I am just by naming their director. Robert Luketic may have been hard to nail down when he hit the scene with Legally Blonde, but after Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!, and Monster-in-Law we knew where we were. Then came last year’s The Ugly Truth, and though it was met with critical disdain, I came to believe I was getting a sense … [Read more...]
I have a great fondness for movies that let me know right where I am just by naming their director. Robert Luketic may have been hard to nail down when he hit the scene with Legally Blonde, but after Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!, and Monster-in-Law we knew where we were. Then came last year's The Ugly Truth, and though it was met with critical disdain, I came to believe I was getting a sense for … [Read more...]
"It's American Love Actually, but Valentine's Day instead of Christmas." Unless you're unaware of the film altogether, you've heard someone say that about Valentine's Day. Once enough people say something, there's probably something to it, and in this case the comparison isn't worth trying to escape. It's about love, it follows a random sampling of (sometimes very) loosely connected … [Read more...]
It may just be the season of movies that surprise me. There seem to be an awful lot of movies that don't appeal to me on the horizon, except that most of them are somehow finding a way to appeal to me. It may have started with the actors, the premise, or both, and none of them are remotely likely to be the next greatest thing, but I'm getting sucked into the idea that they might be fairly … [Read more...]
I don't know about you, but I'm not so sure about the upcoming movie Killers. On the other hand, I wasn't sure about The Ugly Truth either, and while some people bashed that one, I found it surprisingly watchable. What strikes me most about the film so far is that initial reports made it sound like rather a different movie than the one in the trailer. Now it's hard to be sure exactly where … [Read more...]
I'm not generally one to feed out trailers as soon as they hit the web, enough people are doing that anyway, but the trailer for Killers seems to have everyone talking more than usual, and a lot of them are very unhappy. The film in question, which comes out June 4th, stars Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl. It's basically an action comedy, and involves an assassination plot, but with … [Read more...]
I have my doubts about the staying potential of the new reality show True Beauty, despite it sticking Ashton Kutcher and Tyra Banks on itself. Normally, I couldn't especially care less, but I really like this show. There is a special world in the reality television universe that I really enjoy. It's the little niche of reality shows that feature people who think they're on one … [Read more...]
