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  • March 2, 2013

    jack_the_giant_killer_ver14I wish I could summon up more enthusiasm for Jack the Giant Slayer because it’s not a terrible film. There’s plenty of adventure, fun action, and good actors to make any subject matter lively. Unfortunately, all of those things are buried underneath the type of slick, bland filmmaking and unnecessary 3D Hollywood thinks will win over audiences. This lack of imagination and verve keep this jaunty simple adventure film from reaching any kind of height. Read more on Jack The Giant Slayer (**)…

    Bryan Singer’s Jack and the Beanstalk Adaptation Gets New Title, Release Date

    The fairy tale retelling receives a family-friendly tweak

    October 18, 2012

     

    One of the latest fairy tales to receive a film adaptation, Bryan Singer’s version of Jack and the Beanstalk, has a newly confirmed title and release date.  Previously titled Jack the Giant Killer, the film will now be called Jack the Giant Slayer, in an attempt at sounding  a bit less harsh for the intended PG-13 audience.

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    Snow White and the Huntsman (**½)

    This dark retelling of the classic fairy tale isn't quite on the mark...

    June 4, 2012

    Visually stunning but much too somber and bloated for its own good, ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ is the better of the revisionist Snow White flicks of 2012, but it’s still not as good as it could have been. Director Rupert Sanders has a definite style on display, and Charlize Theron seems to relish playing the evil queen, but something just seems to be missing. The performances of Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth are solid, but they just seem a bit off from what the characters should be. I think the main culprit is the script, which doesn’t make enough use of the story for its goals and often seems puzzled as to what should come next. This eventually just becomes a cousin of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ (not a compliment in my eyes, but I know I’m in the minority there). The idea of a revisionist and gritty take on Snow White is often cast aside, and the linking bits to that original fairy tale seem shoehorned in and not organic to the story one bit. The flick is dark, but it seems to be merely for the sake of being so. There’s just too much unevenness here to consider recommending it, but again…few films this year have been as nice to look at as this one.

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