MOVIES,REVIEWS
Review: 'Campaign' not the best candidate 
Movie genuinely funny political satire battling typical low-rent comedyLike many a political campaign, Jay Roach’s comedy “The Campaign” seems to be two forces – in this case, two movies – battling against each other, leaving its audience wondering which will come out on top.
By Moira Macdonald, The Seattle Times , August 09, 2012
Review: Too much ‘Legacy,’ not enough action
Fourth installment in franchise first without Matt DamonNeedlessly complex and circuitous, the talky “Bourne Legacy” feels too much like a set-up for future films as opposed to a self-contained story that works on its own.
By Cary Darling, McClatchy Newspapers , August 09, 2012
Review: Marilyn Monroe comes alive in richly researched biography
Marilyn Monroe was Hollywood’s archetypal dumb blonde. She was also one smart cookie. That’s the twist in Lois Banner’s richly researched biography “Marilyn: the Passion and the Paradox.”
By Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch , August 04, 2012
Review: New ‘Total Recall’ won’t make you forget the original
The almost non-stop chase of the new “Total Recall” isn’t enough, by itself, to make one forget the earlier take on this Philip K. Dick story back in the last century. And for all the effects, the action and the showcase performance provided for his wife, Kate Beckinsale, “Underworld” Spandex salesman Len Wiseman never lets us forget that he’s no Paul Verhoeven, who directed the original film.
By Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune News Service , August 02, 2012
Review: Emotional ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ is extraordinary
The Bathtub is a place of myths and wonders, a broken down teardrop of Louisiana marsh and mud in “Beasts of the Southern Wild” and the setting for an extraordinary new drama whose fierceness, like its 6-year-old heroine Hushpuppy, grabs on and won’t let go.
By Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times , August 02, 2012
Review: ‘Wimpy Kid’ never disappoints booger-joke fans
Kids, even the wimpy ones, grow up so fast. It’s hard to finish a film franchise with them before they’re shaving, dating and turning up in the tabloids.
By Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune News Service , August 02, 2012
Review: ‘The Watch’ returns to ‘The ‘Burbs’ for a few R-rated laughs
It’s good to see Vince Vaughn back riding that Red Bull. He’s lost the “fat and self-satisfied” look of recent films. The caffeine is back, and so is the breathless manic patter.
By Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune News Service , July 26, 2012
Review: Flash mobs ‘Step Up’ and it pays off
“Step Up Revolution” taps into the dance “flash mob” phenomenon and moves to Miami to give us the sunniest and most entertaining of these kids-gotta -dance musicals.
By Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune News Service , July 26, 2012
Review: Plaza stalks in ‘Safety Not Guaranteed’
PHILADELPHIA – Aubrey Plaza is far, far away. On her iPhone. “I just want to let you know that I’m in Romania at a really strange beach bar, so I apologize for any weird Romanian shouting in the background,” says the actress, who happens to be from Wilmington, Del., and happens to be somewhere near Bucharest, and happens to have her first lead role in a motion picture in theaters right now.
By Steven Rea, The Philadelphia Inquirer , July 19, 2012
Review: 'Dark Knight' rises to the occasion
It’s something to see, all right – this “Dark Knight Rises.” An epic finale to the Christopher Nolan/Christian Bale “Dark Knight” trilogy, it has the summer’s best effects, the summer’s highest stakes – Gotham City Armageddon – the summer’s sexiest villain and the biggest comic book movie thrills and best comic book movie chills of this cinema season.
By Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune News Service , July 19, 2012
Review: Few mammoth laughs, but plenty of chuckles drift into latest ‘Ice Age’
There’s considerably less drift in “Ice Age: Continental Drift,” the latest in a long line of lucrative cartoons from Blue Sky Studios and their friends at Fox. It’s all sight gags and action beats, which tends to cover the shortcomings these assembly-line farces are infamous for. And at a brisk 94 minutes, it’s less reliant on charm-starved chatter among its increasingly over-stuffed voice cast.
By Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune News Service , July 12, 2012
Review: ‘To Rome With Love’: Ciao, baby
If it’s a zinger capped by the phrase “leper colony,” if there’s a hotel room being broken into by house detectives, if it’s Penelope Cruz spilling out of an outfit borrowed from Mira Sorvino in “Mighty Aphrodite,” then it’s time for the new Woody Allen film.
By Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune , July 05, 2012
Review: Love in the time of 'Savages'
Pulp thriller is Oliver Stone at his best ... most of the time
At least until its tacked-on happy ending, “Savages” is a tightly wound and vastly entertaining pulp thriller — perhaps director Oliver Stone’s strongest work since “Nixon” (1995).
By Christopher Kelly, McClatchy Newspapers , July 05, 2012
Review: ‘Katy Perry: Part of Me’ will please her fans, but …
“Katy Perry: Part of Me” is not a concert film (although there is ample performance footage); it is not a chronicle of this Candy Land Gaga’s life (although you do learn a great deal about her pre-fame years).
By By David Hiltbrand, The Philadelphia Inquirer , July 05, 2012
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