Movie Review: ‘Going the Distance’
September 3, 2010 by Adam Mehring · Leave a Comment
Long-distance relationships are the center of study in Going the Distance, Warner Bros’ unexpectedly bawdy, often quite funny end-of-summer entry. But the film itself struggles to survive at least as much as its bicoastal pair of leading lovers.
You see, it’s hard out… Continue Reading
Movie Review: ‘The American’
September 1, 2010 by Adam Mehring · 4 Comments
It requires careful skill to be an assassin: exemplary marksmanship, precision in movement, and certainty in intention. The same can be said of successful filmmaking, and even of convincing performance. It’s a good thing, then, that Focus Features’ The American, a meticulously crafted, retro-styled… Continue Reading
Movie Review: ‘Eat Pray Love’
August 13, 2010 by Adam Mehring · 18 Comments
It’s quite ironic that Eat Pray Love, the film adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert’s bestselling memoir, is being pegged as “boring” or “uneventful.” It is in these very qualities—the estimations of our immediate perceptions, or reactions from a persistent quest for superficial gratification—that the film cautions against placing value.… Continue Reading
Weekend Movie Review: ‘Dinner for Schmucks’
July 30, 2010 by Adam Mehring · 4 Comments
This weekend, Paramount Pictures invites you to a
Dinner for Schmucks. If I were you, I wouldn’t be so quick to RSVP.
Paul Rudd plays Tim, an earnest financial analyst hoping to fill a recently vacated upper-level position. His boss (Bruce Greenwood) is… Continue Reading
Weekend Movie Review: ‘Salt’ and ‘The Kids Are All Right’
July 23, 2010 by Adam Mehring · 6 Comments
“Who is Salt?” inquires the promotional push for the latest Angelina Jolie-starring spy thriller from Columbia Pictures. It’s a question we ponder often during the film, and one whose answer is well explored, unexpected, and not so simple, really.
The story proper begins like… Continue Reading
Movie Review: ‘Inception’
July 16, 2010 by Adam Mehring · 7 Comments
Inception (Warner Bros.)
So here’s the problem with Inception. Molded from remarkable ambition and complexity, the film must spend a considerable amount of time introducing and explaining its significant set of rules and procedures. At the same time, Inception requires us to understand… Continue Reading