 If you are going to invest the time and money to see Men In Black 3, the investment comes for one reason and one reason only…Josh Brolin. As a younger version of Tommy Lee Jones, Brolin is fantastic and not only nails Tommy Lee Jones’ temperament, voice, mannerisms, and caricatures, but he almost makes you hope for a Men In Black 4, just to see Brolin continue his take on the younger version of Jones’ grumpy and grumbling Agent K. Will Smith comes alive in his scenes with Brolin and for awhile Men In Black 3 is engaging and amusing. Without Josh Brolin, Men In Black 3 unfortunately resembles the ill-advised and wheezing Men In Black 2, where it appeared Smith and Jones were stumbling around scene after scene looking for an ATM to deposit their robust sequel paychecks.
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And the reign of The Avengers may finally come to an end during – of all times – Memorial Day weekend. The film itself isn’t exactly a notable release, but then again, giant killers usually do not appear as such in the movie business. I am of course referring to…
…Men in Black3, which marks now two more films than I expected this series to go. This installment finds the ever-sassy Agent J going back in time to stop a murder plot against his straight-laced partner K by teaming up with his younger (still straight-laced) self in 1969. But then…if K was killed in 1969 by Jemaine from Flight of the Conchords, wouldn’t all of his future actions have been erased as well? Meaning that he never would have recruited J into MIB, meaning that he still would have been an NYPD officer, meaning…ah best not think of these things. Time travel plots always have more holes in them than Swiss cheese. Besides, the critics have given this a slightly warmer reception than its stupid predecessor, calling it a clever and even somewhat touching romp with an impressive mimicry of the TLJ persona by Josh Brolin. Despite a sluggish midnight showing, Men in Black3 has rebounded with an impressive $18 million gross on Friday and should be able to actually dethrone The Avengers with $54-59 million by the end of the three-day weekend. Read more on Weekend Openings (May 25-28)…
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 If you’re like me, you can’t wait to see more of Andrew Dominik’s new film ‘Killing Them Softly’. Especially after the film screened to somewhat positive reviews and apparently features quite a political undertone, it’s got my attention more and more. Well, those who are anticipating this flick like me can rejoice a bit, as we have a short new clip to share with you from the movie. It shows off Brad Pitt and we see where the flick gets its new title from. You can see it after the jump, and stay tuned for a full trailer hopefully very soon. In the meantime, enjoy the clip below…
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 It’s really not like any of us need another reason to be excited to go see ‘Prometheus’, but in case someone does, I can oblige…how about seeing a teaser trailer for ‘Django Unchained’ as well? Yes, Collider is reporting here that audiences sitting down for Ridley Scott’s latest will also get a peek at Quentin Tarantino’s next epic. Sounds like a nice bonus to me. After the jump I’ll show you where the source of this news came from (hint, it’s Social Media), but I think this is exciting news for fans of both films. I know it makes me happy…
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 Over at Cannes both David Cronenberg and his son Brandon have debuted new film, and apparently the son is following in his father’s footsteps. Brandon Cronenberg has a body horror film called ‘Antiviral’ that’s gotten some nice, if reserved, word so far. As for the elder Cronenberg, his highly anticipated flick ‘Cosmopolis’ has been seen, and the early reviews are incredibly mixed. Some thing it’s a return to form of sorts for the director, while others were rather disappointed. After the jump you can see what some of the reactions have been, but I don’t think this is surprising at all (Cronenberg is always divisive). What’s somewhat surprising is that Brandon’s film has been slightly better received overall than David’s. Anyway, check out the festival buzz on ‘Cosmopolis’ below…
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 An enjoyable enough crowd pleaser that was heavily nominated by France’s César Awards (winning one for Best Actor and receiving another 8 nominations), ‘The Intouchables’ is a mature comedy that handles its potentially tough subject matter well, but never elevates things to the level of something more than simply entertaining. There’s nothing really wrong with the flick, but numerous opportunities to make itself into something unique and more than a slightly different version of something we’ve seen many times before are either outright ignored or simply glossed over. My issues with the story and the choices that the screenplay makes for its characters notwithstanding, the direction by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano (who also wrote the script) is solid and the acting is all around excellent by the cast, especially leads Omar Sy and François Cluzet. Happily, each time I was worried that film was about to begin disappointing me, the acting and humor in the flick brought me back in. I’m not as big a fan of this movie as many seem to be, but I had a pleasant time with it and it’s definitely a movie that audiences willing to deal with subtitles will enjoy. It’s just not as good as it could/should have been in my eyes. That being said, it’s far from bad.
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If you are going to invest the time and money to see Men In Black 3, the investment comes for one reason and one reason only…Josh Brolin. As a younger version of Tommy Lee Jones, Brolin is fantastic and not only nails Tommy Lee Jones’ temperament, voice, mannerisms, and caricatures, but he almost makes you hope for a Men In Black 4, just to see Brolin continue his take on the younger version of Jones’ grumpy and grumbling Agent K. Will Smith comes alive in his scenes with Brolin and for awhile Men In Black 3 is engaging and amusing. Without Josh Brolin, Men In Black 3 unfortunately resembles the ill-advised and wheezing Men In Black 2, where it appeared Smith and Jones were stumbling around scene after scene looking for an ATM to deposit their robust sequel paychecks.
