Created Dec 16, 2010 06:16PM PST • Updated Sep 16, 2011 11:19PM PST
Added Warrior, which isn’t just set in the Keystone State, it’s steeped in it.
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Wick
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Very Good
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Any engaging thriller starring Russell Crowe makes for a better than average movie, even if this one isn’t getting the credit it deserves. So what if it’s implausible to the point of surrealism. Such reality liberties are the way of the world these days. Fortunately they lead to more than a few what-will-they-think-of-next grins in The Next Three Days. So Crowe’s wife gets sent up for a murder she didn’t commit and the only way he can save their family is to break her out. It’s no plot spoiler to state that he succeeds. The fun is watching how he does it, and in how he rallies oth… |
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Wick
– with 60 Trust Points – rated it
Really Great
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A freight train full of toxic chemicals gets loose, threatening disaster unless two blue collar railmen can bring it under control. The result is bravura big screen entertainment, old school style: nothing supernatural, adults behaving like adults, lots of moviestar charisma. This instant classic is action master Tony Scott’s best movie since Crimson Tide, one of his earlier collaborations with Denzel Washington. Speaking of America’s favorite moviestar, this is his best role in years. Director and leading man rode the rails last year … |
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Tom Hardy gives a Pennsylvania pug performance that is nothing less than Rocky-esque, only Hardy plays a Pittsburgh guy whereas Sly’s creation was pure Philly. Unlike Stallone the Yank, Hardy’s a Brit, making his acting all the more impressive.
Wick
– with 60 Trust Points – rated it
Great
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MMA gets its 15 minutes of movie fame in Warrior, reason enough for mixed-martial arts fans to revere it. For the rest of us? Reason to avoid it. Most movie fans in Silicon Valley apparently f… |
