Battlefield Earth (2000)::rating::5::rating::5::rating::5

[su_dropcap]B[/su_dropcap]attlefield Earth plays like cinematic poetry, with its brilliantly-staged action scenes pounding along in a furious meter. Repeat viewings reveal new layers of depth and humanity, not unlike revisiting The Coronation of Napoleon at the Louvre. This film represents John Travolta and Forrest Whitaker's finest hours. It's in the top 10 for Barry Pepper, as well.…

ByTodd WoffordApril 1, 20190Comments

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The Best and Worst of Bond, Part 1::rating::5

The old saying tells us that "even bad pizza is still pretty good." I don't know if I completely agree with that, but I do see some wisdom baked into that sentiment. The Bond movies are a lifelong love of mine, and even the ones that miss the mark still have plenty of stuff to…

ByTodd WoffordMarch 31, 20190Comments

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Cinemavino — Episode 17: Breaking Bondaries::rating::0

[su_dropcap]F[/su_dropcap]or this week's shenanigans, we're going classy. Well, as classy as we possibly can, anyway. We're drinking Martinis, delicious Pinot Noir, fancy bubbly and talking all things James Bond. I'm a huge 007 fan, and our discussion inspired me to write an entire article to accompany this episode. I'll provide a link at the bottom…

ByTodd WoffordMarch 31, 20190Comments

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Dumbo (2019)::rating::3

[su_dropcap]W[/su_dropcap]ith this live action Dumbo, Tim Burton builds bigger but not bolder, broader but not better. He doubles the runtime of the original, and fills his new version with more plot, more characters, and just...more. But, for all this film's relentless busyness, much of Burton's idiosyncratic, amiably macabre personality has been stripped away. Those looking for…

ByTodd WoffordMarch 30, 20191Comment

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Holmes & Watson (2018)::rating::0

H olmes & Watson isn't so much a movie as a monsoon of limp, slimy jokes that plop to the ground like that storm of toads in Magnolia. The actors fidget and fumble through their lines like anxious hostages reading ransom demands off a cue card. Scenes don't arrive on the screen fully realized, instead they…

ByTodd WoffordMarch 26, 20190Comments

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Cinemavino — Episode 16: Let’s Get Dabney Coleman an Oscar::rating::0

N o, seriously. Dabney Coleman needs an Academy Award. Where would our movie-going lives be without him? Coleman was the go-to guy when an 80s movie needed an asshole authority figure. When it came to playing an oily dude in a cheap suit, pulling drags off a cigarette and firing sexist one-liners, nobody did it better. ("What's…

ByTodd WoffordMarch 24, 20191Comment

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ByTodd WoffordMarch 23, 20190Comments

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Us (2019)::rating::4

U s is one of those movies that will provoke polarized responses from audiences and lots of flowery adjectives from a needlessly verbose individual like me. At once, this movie is audacious, infectiously funny, and relentlessly weird. Writer-director Jordan Peele simultaneously blends unsettling suspense with an off-center wackiness that will frustrate some viewers and enthrall others.…

ByTodd WoffordMarch 22, 20190Comments

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Wonder Park (2019)::rating::2.5

I t was about midway through Wonder Park, and the little boy behind me and three seats over had already had his fill. He let out a bloodcurdling, paint-peeling scream. "I want race cars!!!" His mother shushed him, which only served to set a fire in the boy's threenager heart. He took his 80oz bucket of Mr.…

ByTodd WoffordMarch 20, 20190Comments

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Apollo 11 (2019)::rating::4

O n a sweltering day in September 1962, President John F. Kennedy outlined an audacious plan: Before the decade was over, the United States would put a man on the moon and safely splash him down on Earth. It'd been less than sixty years since the Wright Brothers sent their wobbly flyer for a glorified…

ByTodd WoffordMarch 19, 20190Comments