ArtsBeat: This Week’s Movies : Mar. 15
Times critics on “Ginger & Rosa,†“Spring Breakers†and “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.â€
March 15, 2013
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Times critics on “Ginger & Rosa,†“Spring Breakers†and “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.â€
The DVDs, with the content in PDF format, are likely to be available by the end of the month at a nominal cost, say authorities
Finally, thankfully, Twilight comes to an end and it appears, given the sloppy acting, to be a relief for everyone.
Two poor, plucky teenagers (Lynne Frederick and Garry Miller) are visited by a mysterious 19th-century lawyer, Mr Blunden (Laurence Naismith), who, straight off the bat, asks the duo if they’d “be afraid to see a ghostâ€.
Hit and Run is a considerably more enjoyable road movie with an engaging cast and script.
“What I see in him is compulsive psychosis,” grumbles Viggo Mortensen’s William Burroughs-like character about Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund, convincingly hedonistic/idiotic).
Frankenweenie, from the science teacher who resembles Vincent Price to the Stepford Wives-looking suburban neighbourhood, is the closest in spirit to Tim Burton’s 1990 masterpiece Edward Scissorhands.
Ali, a former boxer and small-time crook, moves from Belgium to Antibes with his young son, bagging a bouncer’s job at a club.
Quentin Tarantino’s slavery revenge story Django Unchained , has been nominated for a number of Oscars. The spaghetti western is up for best picture, original screenplay and actor Christoph Waltz has been nominated for his supporting role in the film.
If you’re not a Woody Allen fan, subtract one point from the above rating. If you are an Allenite, you’ll still be forced to file To Rome with Love among his minor works.