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Week of October 18, 2013
Partners are only good for
backup. First up…
The Heat
If you’re a female who can
endure catcalls, physical intimidation, and sexual harassment on a daily basis,
you’re ready to work with male police officers.
Fortunately, the lady law
officers in this comedy can handle their co-workers.
Straight-laced FBI Agent
Ashburn (Sandra Bullock) is gunning for a promotion, so she takes an assignment
to bring down a Bostonian drug lord, Larkin (Taran Killam).
On the case she meets an abrasive but street-smart cop,
Det. Mullins (Melissa McCarthy), who insists on helping.
Constantly clashing, their
investigation struggles until they learn Mullins’ ex-con brother (Michael
Rapaport) is involved with Larkin, and can get information for them.
While this foul-mouthed buddy
picture does have comedic chemistry between the two leads, it’s clichéd
cop-comedy script and run-on gags make it simply mediocre.
Furthermore, having female
partners isn’t logistical - if one gets her period than the other one will
catch it from close proximity. 0
Pacific Rim
Ouch! I once had a fissure on
my Pacific Rim.
Oops, my mistake. This sci-fi
movie is about a fissure in the ocean floor, not one’s anus.
Under attack from colossal
sea-creatures, the military constructs Jaegars, large-scale automatons
controlled by pilots, Raleigh (Charlie Hunnam) and Yancy (Diego Klattenhoff),
to fight back.
But overtime their armour
becomes obsolete and other avenues are pursued.
With months left in
operation, Commander Stacker (Idris Elba) initiates a final mission to detonate
a warhead in the monster’s portico.
Recruiting Raleigh and
pairing him with an orphan (Rinko Kikuchi), Stacker has one last chance to
destroy the ever-adapting enemy.
Guillermo del Toro’s ode to Godzilla and Gundam, Pacific
Rim’s best moments are its bombastic battles, while its worst are when the
leads are outside their suits.
Furthermore, if giant
monsters are anything like us, can you imagine the kinky things they’d do with
a life-sized robot? 0
The Way Way Back
The best thing about summer
with your mom’s new boyfriend’s family is that you don’t have to remember
anyone’s name.
And while this dramedy isn’t about the ephemeral nature of
post-divorce relationships, it is about their complications.
Forced to accompany his
mother (Toni Collette) to her boyfriend Trent’s (Steve Carell) cabin for the
summer, Duncan (Liam James) has a hard time fitting in with Trent’s daughter
and their neighbour (AnnaSophia Robb).
Finding solace in a water-park
run-by a middle-age burnout (Sam Rockwell), the introspective Duncan breaks
from his shell and starts dating the neighbour.
As summer continues, so does
the berating from Trent, who isn’t as pious as he portrays.
While the sulky lead can be annoying and the water-park
crew creepy, this coming-of-age teen-romance has more strengths than
weaknesses.
Incidentally, the experiences
you gain from watching people slide down a tube will benefit you the rest of
your life. 0
***OMG! (Oh My Giants)***
Village of the Giants
The important thing about
living with gigantic teenagers is not being buried under falling puss from
their popped pimples.
Fortunately, the overgrown
adolescents in this sci-fi comedy are clear-skinned.
When a car of rowdy teens lead
by Fred (Beau Bridges) breaks down in a small town, they come across a local
youngster, Genius (Ron Howard), who has a substance that causes gigantism in
its consumers.
Stealing a batch, the gang
gobbles it down and grows 30-feet tall.
The towering teens then
take-over the town and terrorize its citizens.
Now, it’s up to Genius’ sister Nancy (Charla Doherty) and her boyfriend (Tommy Kirk) to administer the
antidote before it’s too late.
With a swinging soundtrack
from The Beau Brummels, this low-budget adaptation of an H.G. Wells tale is
made marvelous by its over-sized mechanical props.
However, one sock hop from
these kids and the West Cost crumbles into the Pacific Ocean.
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