It’s Denzel as You’ve Never Seen Him in Spike Lee’s ‘Highest 2 Lowest’
What a joy to see Denzel Washington running through a subway station looking almost as trim and fit as he did 25 years ago during his Oscar-winning role in Training Day. But this time, in Highest 2 Lowest, his fifth collaboration with acclaimed director Spike Lee, he is the good guy in a reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s classic film High and Low. The story takes a while to get rolling but the set-up is enjoyable to watch if you dig...
Oscar Winner Walter Murch Redefines Film Editing in his New Book
The English Patient. The Conversation. Apocalypse Now. The Godfather films. The Talented Mr. Ripley. They are considered some of the best films of all time and they all have something in common. Walter Murch worked on all on them as a sound designer, a sound recordist or as an editor. Murch can now add author to his impressive resume, which includes three Academy Awards, two for The English Patient and one for The Conversation. At a...
Liam Neeson & Pamela Anderson Hit the Target in ‘The Naked Gun’
Just when you think you’ve seen this before in every cop/crime thriller, the bank robbery in which the bad guys are just about to get away, along comes Liam Neeson. But wait. We first see him as a little girl sucking a lollipop. Neeson is usually the one chasing the people who stole the little girl, but this time, it’s all about the comedy instead of who’s been, well, taken. It’s Neeson in The Naked Gun, now in theaters, as the son of...
‘My Oxford Year:’ A Diploma in Dumbness
Judging by the pre-release marketing campaign, it looked like My Oxford Year was going to be a comedy somewhat along the lines of the popular Netflix series Emily in Paris. A fish out of water story of a scrappy young American woman making her way in a foreign European country. How much fun that promised. A parable of a student at England’s premier university who’s already landed a prestigious post-college job at Goldman Sachs in New...
‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps:’ Not So Fantastic
It was one weekend into the theatrical run and there came an opportunity to see this well-reviewed film at an industry screening. And now it’s apparent that there are no legs for The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Box office plunged 66% from its opening weekend. It was easy to see why. The film started off strong enough with Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby playing a married couple in their super swanky ultramodern abode when she finds...
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