DVD & Blu-ray review: Taken 2 (15)
Liam Neeson slums it again as the tightly wound Bryan, a former CIA operative who ends up in another bone-crunching pickle.
February 9, 2013
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Liam Neeson slums it again as the tightly wound Bryan, a former CIA operative who ends up in another bone-crunching pickle.
“You should learn to participate,†maintains Paul Rudd’s English teacher to timid high-school freshman Charlie (Logan Lerman).
Quvenzhané Wallis is astonishing as six-year-old Hushpuppy, who lives with her often absent father (“Daddy could have changed into a tree or a bug, there wasn’t no way to knowâ€) in the poverty-stricken “Bathtub†area on the Louisiana Bayou.
Charlie Kaufman and Woody Allen are clear influences for this tale of an uptight, blocked novelist (Paul Dano), who after having vivid dreams about his ideal woman, Ruby Sparks (Zoe Kazan), sees his fantasy creation become flesh in his opulent LA pad.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Music makes movies work. Imagine the opening of Spielbergs “Jaws” with the music from “Beaches,” instead of John Williams menacing shark rumble and thump.
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Lots and lots of movies. And, TONIGHT, George Saunders at Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m.
AKIRA KUROSAWA’S DREAMS Directed by Akira Kurosawa Starring Akira Terao, Mitsuko Baishô, Toshie Negishi Distributed by Alliance Entertainment
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