Posts Tagged ‘Lasse Hallström’
Film Review – The Nutcracker and The Four Realms
How to create a fairly generic preteen holiday fantasy: Start with a base of a cost effective public domain property, slather in copious amounts of CGI, pepper using the money you saved on originality to hire several talented actors who should know better, stir with…
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Film Review – The Hundred-Foot Journey
Let’s get something straight right off the bat: The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014) is a fantasy. This is a story that does not resemble the real world, but something out of a fairy tale. It’s set in a magical village in the south of France, where…
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Episode 253 – Tobey Maguire
In honor of the release of The Great Gatsby, Spencer and Greg discuss Tobey Maguire.
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Film Review – Safe Haven
It may still be early in 2013, but I have already seen a candidate for the worst film of the year. Lasse Hallström’s Safe Haven (2013) is dull, sappy, and manipulative to the point of being offensive. I don’t have an issue with movies being…
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Film Review – Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
With a light touch, the charmingly slight film Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is set against the backdrop of a seemingly impossible task. Ewan McGregor stars as Dr. Alfred Jones, a mid-level British government employee. While the very definition of a reserved stiff-upper-lipped Englishman, engaged…
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