Nash Edgarton’s directorial debut is a good start but it looses traction as it goes.
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Overdone noodle western: “The Good, the Bad, the Weird”
Kim Ji-woon’s hyper homage to the western “The Good, the Bad and the Weird” is clever but loud, overlong and a letdown.
Missed Stop: “Cemetery Junction”
The creators of the original “The Office” try to switch gears but end up stranded in “Cemetery Junction”
Reining in the mind: “Temple Grandin”
“Temple Grandin” illuminates autism and tells the story of a strong, unique woman.
Diabolical Dialects: “City Island”
“City Island” is like a bad sitcom with with bad accents.
Love on his own terms: “Me and Orson Welles”
Richard Linklater crafts a clever film about budding genius Orson Welles as he is on the threshold of fame in “Me and Orson Welles”.
Old School: “Harry Brown”
“Harry Brown” is atmospheric but hopelessly cliched and badly written.
Mad Frenchmen: “OSS 117 – Lost in Rio”
In “OSS 117: Lost in Rio” Jean Dujardin plays a super, un-PC spy dealing with the CIA, Nazis and Israelis. It’s the wacky French answer to Austin Powers.
“Date Night”: Big city fears, small laughs
“Date Night” is lame TV situation comedy only made watchable by the two talented leads.
Short takes on Average Joes
My bundle of films average and below that have come to DVD this year.
Rain Film 