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Movie Review: ‘Safe’ (2012)

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Danny King

There are moments of bliss in Safe. A subway-set brawl, save for the shoddy visual-effects rendering required when Jason Statham’s Luke Wright is forced to climb aboard the fleeting train, comes to mind for its giddy acceptance of the film’s … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Contraband’ (2012)

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Danny King

For what it’s worth, Contraband is a mostly decent action-thriller, albeit one that’s drenched in the all-too-often sluggishness of wide-scale January releases. For about 80 minutes, the film’s pacing pleasingly mirrors the choppy momentum of the freight ship that dominates … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Carnage’ (2011)

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Danny King

The next time Roman Polanski confronts material with roots in the theater, I won’t be looking forward to it. Carnage, his thoroughly disappointing adaptation of Yasmina Reza’s acclaimed, award-winning play, turns out to be little more than a flimsy, unimportant … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘The Skin I Live In’ (2011)

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Danny King

It’s hard not to appreciate the expectedly assured craftsmanship on display in Pedro Almodóvar’s The Skin I Live In, and it’s even harder to discount the undeniably tasty prospect of the respected writer-director branching out and tackling the twisted material … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Super 8′ (2011)

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Danny King

If you’re set on seeing Super 8, which many people probably are, here’s one piece of advice: stay put for the closing credits, because the intentionally hammy short film that plays over them has some of the most pleasing moments … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘The Expendables’ (2010)

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Danny King

Mickey Rourke gives a speech in The Expendables that is nearly worth the price of admission. In and of itself, it is one of the best scenes of Rourke’s resurgent career. Within the context of Sylvester Stallone’s semi-ridiculous throwback to … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Ondine’ (2010)

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Danny King

There is an odd charm to the romantic fantasy Ondine that makes it watchable for about half of its running time. Established writer-director Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) is able to work well with cinematographer Christopher Doyle to create a … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘King Kong’ (2005)

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Danny King

The biggest problem with Peter Jackson’s King Kong is that it feels like a 187-minute epic. When a movie is entertaining, especially one of such substantial length, I tend to forgive some of its faults. But this Jackson spectacle is … Continue reading →

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