Drama
Rod Lott
Whereas the 2010 documentary Inside Job gave a big-picture view at how Wall Street nearly eroded the American economy, the HBO telefilm Too Big to Fail dramatizes the behind-the-scenes dealings.
Sunday 19 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: review
Too Big to Fail
Why greed is not good.
Drama
Rod Lott
Whereas the 2010 documentary Inside Job gave a big-picture view at how Wall Street nearly eroded the American economy, the HBO telefilm Too Big to Fail dramatizes the behind-the-scenes dealings.
Nobody Else but You
An ill-fated actress serves as the heart of a strange French thriller.
The Deep Blue Sea
Rachel Weisz commits the vice of adultery in a drama so pedestrian-paced, it makes sex look boring.
Drama
Rod Lott
Don’t confuse last year’s drama The Deep Blue Sea with Deep Blue Sea, the 1999 action movie about sharks. Based on a stage play, this is the one that could use some sharks.
Black Limousine
A better ride than expected.
Drama
Rod Lott
Composer Jack McKenzie (David Arquette, Scream 4) is not at his best. His career has tanked due to sobriety issues stemming from an auto accident that killed one of his two children with his now ex-wife. To clear his mind and pay the bills, he takes a gig as a limo driver.
Zoom In: Sex Apartments
A nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there.
Thriller
Rod Lott
It's both a blessing and a shame that Zoom In: Sex Apartments carries such an exploitative title: a blessing because it may trick some horny guys into watching a better movie than they'd expect, and a shame because, well, Sex Apartments. (Hey, it could be worse: The original subtitle was Rape Apartments.)
Django, Kill! (If You Live Shoot!)
Viewer, watch!
Western
Rod Lott
Is there a title more intriguing yet baffling than the punctuation-heavy Django, Kill! (If You Live Shoot!)? Don't answer that. The important thing is just that the 1967 Italian cult favorite now has been unleashed uncensored on Blu-ray from Blue Underground.
Of Dolls & Murder
Who knew playing with dolls could help fight crime?
Documentary
Rod Lott
Susan Marks' Of Dolls & Murder is a rather straightforward documentary on an oddball subject: forensic pathologists teaching medical investigation skills to police officers via "nutshell studies."
Best Laid Plans
Of mess and men.
Drama
Rod Lott
Strangely, the biggest shock surrounding Best Laid Plans isn't that someone thought to redo John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men in the world of underground mixed martial arts, but that it works as well as it does — or hell, that it works at all.
Cherry Bomb
It's a real dud.
Action
Rod Lott
With the John Cougar Mellencamp song "Cherry Bomb," our hearts were really thumping. With the film Cherry Bomb, however, it barely registers a pulse.
Endeavour
‘Endeavour’ is ‘Morse’ code for ‘near-perfect prequel.’
