Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on May 2009 Russell Crowe’s a scruffy, ink-stained veteran reporter at a thinly disguised Washington Post. Rachel McAdams serves as his foil, a plucky political gossip blogger at the paper. They rather improbably team up…
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on May 2009 Well, it’s not as if The Da Vinci Code didn’t serve as a warning to thinking moviegoers. Dan Brown’s next poorly written mess of metaphysical mayhem ups the hooey level considerably, with “symbologist”…
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on May 2009 When Nicolas Cage is good (Moonstruck, Leaving Las Vegas, Adaptation), he’s very good. But when he’s bad, he’s—well, he’s this. The guy can act, so why doesn’t he do more of it? This…
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on May 2009 This lead-footed, almost entirely incomprehensible film combines religious mumbo-jumbo with some perfunctory action sequences to create something I’d call disappointing had it raised any expectations at all. The formerly promising Vin Diesel phones…
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on May 2009 Yes, it’s every bit as toxic as it sounds. Pampered title pooch is lost in Mexico and has to find its little sequined way back to El Lay, evading dognappers and other poorly…
