He Sings an Un-American Anthem. He’s the…
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Week of September 12, 2014
Freedom is the length of your leash. First up…
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
To get respect overseas Captain America should always travel
dress as Captain Canada.
Fortunately, the star-spangled shield tosser in this action
movie is staying stateside.
Two years after the Avengers Initiative, super-solider Steve
Rogers is a dutiful S.H.E.I.L.D. agent.
But on a mission for Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) his allegiance
waivers when he and agent Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) discover a HYDRA
conspiracy inside S.H.E.I.L.D.
On the run from their own agency, the pair must prevent a
familiar face from Cap’s past (Sebastian Stan) from launching HYDRA corrupted
Helicarriers.
More action-thriller than action-adventure the patriotism of
the previous film has given way to modern skepticism and fear mongering.
Fortunately that distrust includes: rapid-fire action; new
characters ripped from Cap’s comic book catalogue; and a rollercoaster script
with earth-shattering revelations around every bend.
Incidentally, the only time it’s lawful to let an American
flag touch the ground is if you’re wearing it. Green Light
Brick Mansions
The French invented parkour so they could retreat from their
enemy super-fast.
Mind you, the parkourer in this action movie is moving
towards his adversary.
In the near future, criminals residing in the abandoned
mansions of an affluent Detroit suburb are sealed off from the rest of the city
by a giant wall.
Largely ignored by police, that all changes when a stolen
bomb makes its way over the wall into the hands of a drug czar (RZA).
Now it’s up to a cop (Paul Walker) and a convict (David
Belle) to retrieve the device before it’s used against the city.
A re-make of the French film District 13, Brick Mansions is an
inferior interpretation.
While the stylized fights are a highlight, the acting and
the overall story are hallow and hackneyed.
Besides, with the loss of Detroit’s auto industry colossal
wall building could be a viable option for them. Red Light
Petals on the Wind
The best way to get revenge on a bad parent is to abuse them
when they get senile.
However the siblings in this drama have chosen to attack
much earlier.
A decade after their mother (Heather Graham) and grandmother
(Ellen Burstyn) held them captive in the attic of Foxworth Hall, the surviving
Dollanganger children: Cathy (Rose McIver), Chris (Wyatt Nash) and Carrie
(Bailey Buntain), mourn the death of their adopted father.
With a forbidden fire still burning for each other, Chris
and Cathy unwillingly take-on unrelated lovers as they pursue careers in
medicine and ballet, respectively.
But a failed encounter with their estranged mother sets off
a scheme to spoil her and her new husband’s life.
Based on the sequel to Flowers in the Attic, this latest
installment in the Dollanganger series is as tawdry, melodramatic and as campy
as its predecessor.
Furthermore, the best revenge an incestuous couple can get
on their mother is having her baby-sit her two-headed
grandchild. Yellow Light
***Farmers’ Market Collapse***
The Ultimate Warrior
The key to repopulating after an apocalypse is making Viagra
for radioactive genitals.
Unfortunately, the seeds the survivors in this sci-fi film
are concerned with are ones you sow.
By propagating a seed resistant to the plagued that wiped
out humanity, a band of intellectuals living in a walled-off section of NYC
have cultivated the poisoned soil.
But with marauders threatening their peaceful existence,
clan leader Baron (Max von Sydow) has no choice but to dispatch his pregnant
daughter (Joanna Miles) and her bodyguard (Yul Brynner) beyond the wall in
order to persevere life.
A precursor to the dystopian craze of today, The Ultimate
Warrior set the visual standard for ruined cities, as well as the struggle to
survive in a wasteland.
While the fisticuffs are tame, the unruly characters are not
- making for an exciting escapade.
Furthermore, the first crop you should grow in a lawless
land is hemp.
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