"It's classified." Swift shot: Left me wanting more on every level, too much was shoved into the script - nothing really powerful ever happens, it was like firing hollow-points at a watermelon, sure it's fun, but if you aren't taking out bad-guys, so what? The exposition never really happened, and I understand this is a film based on a TV series, that explains why … [Read more...] about Edge of Darkness
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Red Dawn – 1984
Rick Swift "Wolverines" Swift shot: Classic Milius! If you read my bio, you know this was one of my favorite films growing up, it put things at the time into a perspective I appreciated. Today I have heard it described as silly and frivolous story-telling, bullshit, it was a great film and I will tell you why below... Teddy Roosevelt 1899 - "Far better it is to dare … [Read more...] about Red Dawn – 1984
Up in the Air
The H-Bomb: This bitter/sweet film about a middle-aged downsizing expert who starts to question his profession and the priorities in his life has been a critical darling during this award season, but, does it really deserve all the praise that's been heaped onto it? Read on... Jason Reitman is quickly becoming one of my favorite up and coming filmmakers. I thoroughly enjoyed … [Read more...] about Up in the Air
The Blind Side
The H-Bomb: Sandra Bullock gives her most impressive performance to date in this uplifting and surprisingly moving film about a teenage sports prodigy with a troubled past who is taken in by a well-meaning family and is given something people from his side of the tracks rarely get... the opportunity to make something of his life. I'm a reasonably cynical person, and as such, … [Read more...] about The Blind Side
Death at a Funeral
"My father was an exceptional man!" British farce comedy at its finest, this is not pretentious and annoying like so so many other British scripts, you know the ones I mean - Four Weddings and a Funeral, the Bridget Jones series, anything starring Hugh Grant opposite another British lead. This was a guy's comedy, it is chock full of every type of humor imaginable, and … [Read more...] about Death at a Funeral
