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...Twelve” with only minimal success; he’s genuinely creepy, but it is seriously doubtable that the slender French sleazeball could actually strike fear in the exceedingly masculine Owen (think of Dwight in “Sin City”). The real mystery of the film??beyond how the director failed to incite a sexual spark between the gorgeous leads—is why Robert “The RZA/Ruler Zig-Zag-Zig Allah/ Rzarector Prince Rakeem/” Diggs was cast as its moral center and tragic antihero. The hip-hop MC, best...
...Swofford’s book, which opens this Friday—showing the life of this 18-year-old who joined the Marine Corps and ended up fighting in the Gulf War. In an interview with The Crimson last Wednesday, Swofford said he “loved the film?? and that “it’s a really smart and artful adaptation of [his] work and also [his] life.” A “reluctant memoirist,” he laughed about the first screening, when hearing a drill sergeant scream his name brought...
...kill, they become frustrated by the lack of combat and take out their aggression on each other and themselves. This volatile situation is only exacerbated by the appearance of actual Iraqis, who show up late in the movie and don’t stick around for long. Near the film??s end, Swofford tells us, “Every war is different. Every war is the same.” The same apparently goes for war movies. Mendes cops the acid-trip flare lights of “Apocalypse Now” and the jittery artillery-flustered shots...
...greater success than he has enjoyed in decades, the latent tensions in their marriage are exposed and worsen until they precipitate divorce.The emotional fallout from this decision, particularly for the couple’s sons Walt and Frank (played by Jesse Eisenberg and Owen Kline respectively), is devastating. The film??s tagline—“Joint custody blows”—succinctly summarizes their feelings about the new family arrangement. Jeff Daniels’ performance demands special recognition: he inhabits his character so completely that the word “acting” cannot...
...hard, and “The Weather Man” is peppered with violence. At the peak of his stress, Spritz slaps Noreen’s new boyfriend across the face with his gloves in an impulsive parody of bygone gentlemanly honor. Though primarily comic, this moment reflects the film??s general atmosphere of nostalgia incarnated in Spritz’s father, Robert. Verbinski makes a quiet critique of contemporary culture through the perspective of Robert, a fading Pulitzer-winning novelist. The world he sees as petty, cheap, throwaway, is reflected in Dave Spritz’s chipper...