MOVIE REVIEWS
REGGIE TALES The Perks of Being a Wallflower: Reviewed by OWHG
Editor's note: Out of Work Hockey Guy has had some spare time on his hands. That, coupled with his love of movies, moved him to write a guest blog for The Tales. I was pleasantly surprised when I rece...
Posted on 2/27/13 at 10:41 AM
MODERN-DAY JANE Pleasantly Surprised
Let me start off by saying that I am not a film expert by ANY definition. I mean, I love romantic comedies. Not all of them, but that's my preference. I also like historical (usually British) films an...
Posted on 1/31/11 at 4:28 PM
Stakes high in real-life spy ‘Game’ 
In the opening scene of “Fair Game,” Valerie Plame, played with matter-of-fact cunning and uncluttered directness by Naomi Watts, turns around an ugly situation and gets her man when we wonder if he will get her first.
The real stakes in her real world become clear.
By Roger Moore, McClatchy Newspapers , December 24, 2010
New ‘Grit’ rings true
While a bit darker than original, modern telling wildly entertainingJeff Bridges dons John Wayne’s sizable boots in “True Grit,” a grittier Coen brothers version of the tale that won the Duke his Oscar 40 years ago.
By Roger Moore, McClatchy Newspapers , December 22, 2010
‘Fockers’ too familiar
Comedy franchise appears to be dying slow deathYou know a comedy franchise has hit rock bottom when, within the first 15 minutes of a movie, you’ve been forced to watch an obese man receiving an enema and a 2-year-old boy projectile vomiting into the face of his dad.
By Christopher Kelly, McClatchy Newspapers , December 22, 2010
Laugh-free 'Legacy': ‘Tron’ sequel visually stunning but takes itself too seriously
Like “Avatar,” “Tron: Legacy” takes us into a world of digital imagination, a dreamscape Netscape of blacks and blues and neon-lit “programs” and disc-duels for the teeming masses of bits and bytes.
By Roger Moore, McClatchy Newspapers , December 17, 2010
Crazy ‘Black Swan’ a beauty
Tale of obsession, paranoia pushes limits“I had the craziest dream last night about a girl who was turned into a swan,” Natalie Portman says, tremulously, in the early going of “Black Swan.” But it can’t possibly be as crazy as the Darren Aronofsky dream that follows for the next 100 minutes.
By Steven Rea, McClatchy Newspapers , December 17, 2010
‘How Do You Know’ charming but unfulfilling
Too cute, too star-studded and entirely too long, “How Do You Know” is a jocks’ romance that offers more proof that James L. Brooks has lost his fastball.
By Roger Moore, McClatchy Newspapers , December 17, 2010
Actors shine in dark ‘Stone’
Subdued De Niro, gritty Norton create gripping sense of tensionA stern four-character chamber piece, “Stone” begins with the line “You keep my soul in a dungeon” and follows it up immediately with “I’m leaving.”
By Michael Phillips, McClatchy Newspapers , December 17, 2010
Taking risks pays off for ‘Fighter’
LOS ANGELES – Just like its subject, one-time junior welterweight champion “Irish” Mickey Ward, the rousing “The Fighter” tries a number of risky maneuvers and manages to make them pay off in the end.
By Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times , December 17, 2010
‘Yogi’ should have stayed in hibernation
Lame sight-gags, weak script doom 3-D movie of old cartoonYogi always was “smarter than the average bear.” But parents and grandparents dragging tykes along to the 3-D big screen “Yogi Bear” will probably remember him as funnier than the average bear, too. Or funnier than this.
By Roger Moore, McClatchy Newspapers , December 17, 2010
‘Buried’ alive with tension, drama
Are you ready to be scared? The Sundance hit “Buried” is the sort of harrowing film that keeps you awake at night, chilled to the core, clutching your blankets with fear.
By Colin Covert, McClatchy Newspapers , December 10, 2010
Actors lost in 'Tourist'
In “The Tourist,” Johnny Depp is asked to play a bland American everyman, in the fashion of Cary Grant in “North by Northwest” or Jimmy Stewart in “The Man Who Knew Too Much.”
By Christopher Kelly, McClatchy Newspapers , December 10, 2010
Latest ‘Narnia’ installment well worth the ride
What kid hasn’t dreamed of being a queen or king in another world? C.S. Lewis’ “Narnia” novels merged that fantasy, Christian allegory and high adventure in a recipe that has enchanted generations of readers – and now, movie-goers.
By Colin Covert , McClatchy Newspapers , December 10, 2010
Film succeeds only partly in telling 'The Tillman Story'
Reading Jon Krakauer’s “Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman,” a full-blooded, layered and complex treatment of the pro-athlete-turned-soldier Pat Tillman, led me to expect something like that portrait from the very-good-not-great documentary “The Tillman Story.”
By Roger Moore, McClatchy Newspapers , December 03, 2010
‘Three Days’ worth a couple hours
Paul Haggis is back to his tricky script tricks with the thoroughly engrossing prison-break thriller “The Next Three Days.”
By Roger Moore, McClatchy Newspapers , November 19, 2010
‘Potter’ gang embarks on bleak quest to stop evil in ‘Hallows’
There are no eye-rolling pauses to stare at this new magical prop or that extra-special special effect. No time for time-killing Quidditch matches.
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” is a film of actors in close-up.
By Roger Moore, McClatchy Newspapers , November 19, 2010
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