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...trunk, which is filled with an overweight hit man, across a dilapidated bridge in the dead of night. The scene is oddly picturesque: a large gray hill in the foreground is overwhelmed by a crystal blue sky, with the actors visible by their shadowed outlines. With an unoriginal plot, dull setting, and lack of humor, all “The Ice Harvest” has to offer is its over-the-top violence. However, the unadulterated gore and violence does more to repulse the viewer than draw him or her into the film. Wherever Charlie looks (bathroom stalls, lounge doors...
...Boondocks” began its life as a comic strip, and its animated counterpart shares a plot setup: Huey Freeman (voiced by “Ray” girl Regina Hall) is a 10-year-old who lives with his brother (also Hall) and grandfather in a largely-white suburb of Chicago. Huey is unhappy with that particular aspect of the situation, and is the series’ narrator and social commentator...
...This episode’s major flaw was the editing. In one particular scene, the camera remained on Sandy standing alone in a room for about five seconds too long. I waited for something to happen; it didn’t. Reminds me of this season’s plot developments. But then, something notable finally did happen! Julie went from scamming Newport with Charlotte to silently shutting down that faux alcoholic’s plan and making her take the next bus back to “rehab.” (She didn’t even...
Nearly a decade ago, my parents came back from a trip with the music to the musical “Rent.” I was hooked. I quickly memorized the lyrics, the plot, the little quips between songs. When my parents came to Cambridge last week for Thanksgiving, we saw the new “Rent” movie, and I loved it. I’m not gonna lie: I blubbered for most of the film. I fell for every cheesy line and every truly beautiful song. There’s just one problem: much of the film?...
...flick about small-time crooks, Ice Harvest packs some pretty big guns. The script is by Pulitzer prizewinning novelist Richard Russo (Empire Falls) and two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter Robert Benton (Kramer vs. Kramer, Places in the Heart). They smoothed out and sped up the book's curlicue plot, ratcheted down the raunch, added a couple of drama-class monologues and sweetened the book's rather heartless surprise ending...