Sorry for the long break, I was in New York for a week and really didnt see a single film between the last post and now. I’ll try to get back to my usual output ASAP. Til then – Crank 2.   The first Crank was not a film based in reality. Jason Statham played [...]

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It’s not difficult to see why The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada might have trouble making a splash in US theatres. I mean, right up front the title is a mouthful. Past that, the story doesn’t just move at a deliberate pace, it often moves in and out of sequence at will. So, commercial it is not. But [...]

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This is not Superbad. That’s not entirely a bad thing, it’s just a miscalculation of publicity (imagine that) and will probably alienate the film from the people who would most enjoy it, while sending Superbad fans in droves to a film that they will not like. In the theatre I was in, I saw at [...]

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Ong bak 2 is Tony Jaa taking this whole movie thing seriously. He directs himself this time, and a lot of money went into a sequel that everyone called a sure thing. But with his game-face and director’s hat on, Tony has forgotten what people loved about the original – it was fun. I’m no authority [...]

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