The chores of life have all collided and need my immediate attention this weekend, so just a few short reviews this time.
Flash of Genius tells the story of Bob Kearns (Greg Kinnear), a Detroit man who invents the intermittent windshield wiper only to have his invention stolen from him by the Ford motor company. What follows is the breakdown of Kearns and his family as he desperately tries to seek justice from the big bad auto maker.
Genius is perfectly fine. There's nothing really wrong with the picture, but it's missing something. I don't know if there's not enough heart or passion or what, but there's just something missing. But it is a good picture and I enjoyed it. Kinnear was good. I only wish Lauren Graham would get a movie role in which she gets to do more than just be the one note dutiful wife and mother. Have to check out
Birds of America, I guess.
This film I really liked quite a lot.
Blindness is about an outbreak in a no name big city that, for reasons unexplained, leaves its citizens unable to see. I could go on for pages here about the sybolism, about what social commentary this movie is making and a lot more, but I won't bore you with that. I'll just say that I was glued to my seat for the entire film.
Michael Cera is the sweetest, cutest thing ever.
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist is a very charming movie in which friends, both new and old, come together for an all night quest to find their favorite band who's playing a secret show in NYC. Romance, chaos, humor, honesty and vulernability ensue and it's great fun. The music is also awesome.
Flash of Genius tells the story of Bob Kearns (Greg Kinnear), a Detroit man who invents the intermittent windshield wiper only to have his invention stolen from him by the Ford motor company. What follows is the breakdown of Kearns and his family as he desperately tries to seek justice from the big bad auto maker. Genius is perfectly fine. There's nothing really wrong with the picture, but it's missing something. I don't know if there's not enough heart or passion or what, but there's just something missing. But it is a good picture and I enjoyed it. Kinnear was good. I only wish Lauren Graham would get a movie role in which she gets to do more than just be the one note dutiful wife and mother. Have to check out Birds of America, I guess.
This film I really liked quite a lot. Blindness is about an outbreak in a no name big city that, for reasons unexplained, leaves its citizens unable to see. I could go on for pages here about the sybolism, about what social commentary this movie is making and a lot more, but I won't bore you with that. I'll just say that I was glued to my seat for the entire film.
Michael Cera is the sweetest, cutest thing ever. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist is a very charming movie in which friends, both new and old, come together for an all night quest to find their favorite band who's playing a secret show in NYC. Romance, chaos, humor, honesty and vulernability ensue and it's great fun. The music is also awesome.
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