Dirty Mary Crazy Larry / Race with the Devil

Two fine and sadly overlooked films

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Rod Lott
Big sis Jane may have spent much of the '70s racking up the awards and accolades, but give me Peter Fonda's films any day of the week.

Thursday, March 31, 2011

The Man from Nowhere

A pretty slick, Asian thriller

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Rod Lott
Meet Cha Tae-shik. He’s a real nowhere man, sitting in his nowhere land.

Friday, March 11, 2011

Sugar Boxx

A silly-minded fightin' foxy female flick.

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Rod Lott
The trailer of "Sugar Boxx" would have been right at home amid the fun, fake coming attractions sandwiched in Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's epic "Grindhouse."

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Unstoppable

Technically difficult, but oddly inert dramatically

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Rod Lott
What is it with director Tony Scott and trains?

Monday, February 21, 2011

Shopping

The bonus features are the most interesting part

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Rod Lott
Writer/director Paul W.S. Anderson never has been one much for story.

Monday, February 14, 2011

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days / Death Hunt

Nothing in common, but both above average

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Rod Lott
Besides being distributed theatrically by 20th Century Fox, what do the feature films “Butch and Sundance: The Early Days” and “Death Hunt” have to do with one another?

Friday, January 21, 2011

Red

Only the most hardhearted movie watcher could resist

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Phil Bacharach
“Red” coasts by on a lunkheaded charm that earns goodwill, even for an action-comedy that skimps on both serious thrills and big laughs.

Thursday, January 20, 2011