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Review: Red (2010)

Grandfather claws: Willis and crew aren't the retiring types
If the late Krzysztof Kieslowski's Red had been a comedy action thriller about retired CIA agents, it would probably be nothing like this adaptation of the DC graphic novel.
By PETER KEOUGH | October 13, 2010

Review: The American

Gun for hire: Clooney's aim is true
Why so many movies this year about aging secret agents? Probably to accommodate all the aging lead actors.
By PETER KEOUGH | September 03, 2010

Review: The Expendables

Aptly named
Just about every superannuated action hero in Hollywood — Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren and a couple of uncredited cameos among others — takes a bow in this lumbering hulk of a movie.
By PETER KEOUGH | August 16, 2010

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Review: Cop Out

More like strike out
Directing has never been Kevin Smith's strong suit ...
By BRETT MICHEL | March 02, 2010

Hardboiled hub

The city’s gritty, criminal underbelly has redefined the dark, artistic vision known as Boston noir
When I was growing up in Roslindale a few decades back — among tribes of ignorant, second-generation immigrant kids whose favorite words began with “f” and “n” and who liked to torture small animals and beat up small children before they moved on to their future vocations as petty criminals, dead dope users, or real-estate agents.
By PETER KEOUGH | October 21, 2009

Review: Surrogates

Philip K. Dick-ian premise deserves better
Some day in the future — or is it right now? — people will be replaced by surrogate robots, superhuman automatons who live out big-screen fantasies while their hosts, with their greasy hair and bad skin, sit back in wired-up La-Z-Boys.
By PETER KEOUGH | September 30, 2009

Review: Sorority Row

Inadvertent murder leads to inadvertent camp
You can't fault young actresses (here including Rumer Willis, the daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis, and Briana Evigan, who's nearly Moore's double) for jumping into a mindless movie like this one from Stewart Hendler.
By TOM MEEK | September 16, 2009

October lite

The outlook is still gloomy, but film finds time for childish things
We expected the vampires, the werewolves, the zombies, and the homicidal maniacs. Same thing with the android doubles, the alien abductors, the sexually abused pregnant teenager, the Apocalypse, and the post-Apocalypse. But kids' movies?
By PETER KEOUGH | September 17, 2009

What Just Happened

Half-baked insider parody
“There isn’t a film there,” Ben tells the screenwriter. Sounds like What Just Happened .
By PETER KEOUGH | October 28, 2008

The House Bunny

Cheap gags and the requisite amount of T+A
Once again Anna Faris, the only reason to see the Scary Movie franchise, adds undeserved riches to an awful premise.
By TOM MEEK | August 27, 2008

Cheese Danish

Hamlet variations we'd like to see
Hamlet variations we'd like to see
By PETER KEOUGH | August 19, 2008

The medium is the movie

In new films, truth is fluid — and controlled by the click of a button
In almost every movie you go to these days you’ll see another screen — a television, a computer, even another movie screen — within the screen you’re watching.
By PETER KEOUGH | March 05, 2008

Heroes of our time

From Bond to Bourne, the good guys (and girls) buck the system
In interviews promoting The Bourne Ultimatum , Matt Damon has argued that his Jason Bourne has supplanted James Bond as the hero of our time.
By PETER KEOUGH | July 31, 2007

Bruce Willis lets loose

On the Die Hard films, Paris Hilton, and what scares him
I n the middle of my conversation with Bruce Willis at the Four Seasons, the lights inexplicably go out and we’re plunged into darkness.
By SHARON STEEL | June 29, 2007

Live Free or Die Hard

The franchise proves aptly named
The Die Hard series was about as animated as Rocky’s face until director Len Wiseman restored it to its kinetic essence.
By PETER KEOUGH | June 27, 2007

Retro rocket

Nancy Drew lifts off on screen
Andrew Fleming’s Nancy Drew kicks off with a mystery that eluded even our supersleuth.
By JEFFREY GANTZ | June 13, 2007

The girls of summer

The season for blockbusters, sequels, and . . . great roles for women?
It’s summer, so no one’s surprised at the onslaught of sequels, adaptations, or even movies based on toys. But films with Oscar-caliber women’s roles?
By PETER KEOUGH | May 18, 2007

The Hip Hop Project

A project in opportunity
Like basketball, hip-hop offers a way out of the inner-city cycle of violence and poverty.
By TOM MEEK | May 08, 2007

Perfect Stranger

Worse than a root canal
Hell, after Catwoman and now this, the Academy should demand that Berry return her Oscar.
By BRETT MICHEL | April 10, 2007

The best dick on the silver screen

Paul Gleason, 1944-2006
On Tuesday, I mentioned the death of Paul Gleason, who had died May 28, 2006 of a form of lung cancer, to several of my co-workers.
By RYAN STEWART | June 02, 2006

Over the Hedge

Unexpectedly deep family fare
“We eat to live; they live to eat.”
By CHRIS WANGLER | May 19, 2006

Apocalypse now and then

Doom, damnation, and other summer fun
With Snakes on a Plane and World Trade Center opening on the same day, this summer won’t be offering the usual escapist fare.
By PETER KEOUGH | May 03, 2006

Crossword: 'A life of Es'

Those other vowels are so overrated
Those other vowels are so overrated
By MATT JONES | April 19, 2006

Lucky Number Slevin

Just another Pulp Fiction wannabe
“It all starts with a horse,” begins wheelchair-bound Mr. Goodkat (Bruce Willis), describing a “Kansas City shuffle” — hipster slang for elaborate misdirection, this film’s MO.
By BRETT MICHEL | April 05, 2006

16 Blocks

Willis can still do Die Hard , but Donner's a long way from Lethal Weapon
Assigned to transport a talky, small-time crook (Mos Def) to court, NYPD detective Jack Mosley (Bruce Willis) rediscovers his inner cop when he learns that the kid is about to testify against some corrupt cops.
By CHRIS WANGLER | March 01, 2006

Best left alone

Politics and other mistakes
Wshould offer a tax break to a group described by an authoritative source as “generally more intelligent, better looking, imaginative, and multi-talented” than the majority of the population: Left-handed people.
By AL DIAMON | February 22, 2006

Politics as usual?

Or will Hollywood cover the issues in 2006?
Conspiracy, corruption, catastrophe — politics and world events sure can be exciting. Even the mainstream news is taking an interest.
By PETER KEOUGH | January 26, 2006