Few shows need less endorsement or introduction than the original Prime Suspect with Helen Mirren. First airing at the beginning of the '90s, and running through to 2006, the span of time will be immediately misleading to American audiences. The show ran as "series," which went from two to four hours, with great gaps between the airing of one series and the next. Playing more like installments of … [Read more...]
When news hit that Arthur was being remade, many fans were irritated to say the least, myself included. Not only a classic, it's a film of an age, and one long gone. No one is drunk like Dudley Moore, no one could match his wild charm, and it's hard to imagine a positive reaction to the outlandish excesses of the insanely wealthy right now. Russell Brand's Arthur is a very different fellow … [Read more...]
The combined resumes of the cast of RED is staggeringly impressive, and having Bruce Willis lead a crew not particularly known for lighter fare drives the feel and flavor of a film that might easily have had no ability to find footing. Yet another graphic novel translation, this one brings us an older collection of action heroes, branded Retired Extremely Dangerous, and the mix of "changing of the … [Read more...]
It's a brave collective of souls that takes on the challenge (or perhaps folly) of putting together a film based on the end of a life of someone who wrote a book no one actually reads, and solidly held a view no one wants to hear. In order to dodge some of the pitfalls of such a crazy undertaking, The Last Station is actually not so much a story about Leo Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer), but is … [Read more...]
Helen Mirren has apparently made some comments about women who serve on rape trial juries, and her thoughts are so ludicrous that it seems she's stymied attempts to respond. The general idea is that Mirren threw out the notion that women who serve on rape trail juries are less likely to convict, and this is due to the fact that other women would say the victim was asking for it. … [Read more...]
