Feast of Film

Rule 1 - never use the word "failure" in the title of a project. Starring Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker , both favoured actors for my wife and myself, I thought this would be a bright and funny film. Sadly, it was overly predictable and completely failed to get off the ground. The plot: McConaughey's character, Tripp, is a thirtysomething guy still living at home with his parents. Apparently, he had a trauma - fiance died - and every since has gone from one shallow relationship to another. When he's ready to break up he just brings them home and surprises them with the horrific secret - he stills lives with his parents. Paula, played by a plastic version of Sarah Jessica Parker, is a motivational coach. She dates guys who live at home to give them the confidence to move out. Tripp's parents hire her. Needless to say, you'll be able to guess the rest so it's no secret to say that she falls for him, he falls for her - but panics and tries t

Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Christopher Plummer, Willem Dafoe, Jodie Foster and Spike Lee. Wow, what a cast and director! Wow, what an average movie. The plot: Denzel Washington is the lead, playing hostage negotiator Detective Keith Frazier on the outer, accused of misappropriating funds. Clive Owen is the robber - Dalton Russell, ostensibly robbing a bank but with a secret plan of his own. Christopher Plummer is Arthur Case, the bank's chairman with his own, dark secret to hide. Jodie Foster is the tough, hired gun Madeleine White. Plummer's character brings her in 'take care' of his interests. Spike Lee is the director. Although I think well cast, Jodie Foster's part is both unbelievable and one-dimentional. You can actually tell how poor the part is by the fact that Spike Lee felt it necessary to have the slimy mayor of NY tell Foster, "You're a perfect cunt." How pathetic. Willem Dafoe's character could and should have been played by an ex

Aeon Flux is the big screen live action version of the MTV animated series created by Peter Chung. Although it is always dangerous to make anime into live action, director Karyn Kusama places just the right amount of emphasis on the homage to the genre. The set place action scenes invoke the cartoon origins of the story well. Charlize Theron plays Aeon, the sexy resistance fighter, with a good balance between the cartoon and human character. The plot: Aeon Flux is a resistance fighter, or Monican as they are known in this city of 15 million people living 400 years in the future. With the human race almost wiped out by a plague, the survivors live in the wall ed city of Bregna, under the rule of the Goodchild dynasty (descended from the scientist who found the cure that saved the remnants of humanity). The Monicans (is this word play on Mohican?) fight to overthrow the Goodchilds, which is more of an autocracy - the ruler is Chairman Trevor Goodchild, deputy is his brother Oren and th