Review by Noah Mallin The original version of The Heartbreak Kid was an all-American story of Charles Grodin trading up on his honeymoon from Jeannie Berlin to WASP goddess Cybill Shephard. The remake, starring Ben Stiller, is so loath to lay a glove on its leading man that it bends over backwards to try and [...]
Review by Noah Mallin Film rarely does justice to literature. Stranger Than Fiction gives it a go and it’s a pleasant, even warm experience in the hands of a fine cast and competent director Marc Forster. What it fails to do is to thrill with the possibility of the written page or indeed the moving [...]
Review by Noah Mallin Tamara Jenkins made the charming Slums of Beverly Hills ten years ago – a film that kind of sank without a trace despite some fine performances that include one of Marisa Tomei’s best turns and a typically solid Alan Arkin. Cut to last year and her long awaited follow-up film, the [...]
“What the…who left gum on the floor?”Film Review by Noah Mallin There are some spoilers ahead so if you’re still a Bat-virgin and don’t want to know what awaits… don’t read! The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster follow-up to 2005′s excellent Batman Begins, is perhaps the darkest and strangest film to ever have a Pizza [...]
Review by Noah Mallin Notice I said “film” in the headline and not animation. Oh Wall-E, like the rest of Pixar’s films is the result of gloriously detailed brilliantly rendered computer animation all right. There are people who loathe animation, who think it’s kid’s stuff, or that it’s not serious. Those people are idiots. OK, [...]
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