Tony Scudder Walking and talking movies since the 70's
CABIN IN THE WOODS Most anticipated 2012 movie (RELEASED 13th April)
THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE MOMENTUM RELEASED 27 August 2010 As the middle chapter of Stieg Larsson’s ‘Millennium’ trilogy, which began with ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ and ends with ‘The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest’ (out November), this second film seems a little disappointing when compared to the first. With a [...]
SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD UNIVERSAL RELEASED 25 August 2010 It’s almost unheard of to see a new film and think the words ‘instant classic’ as soon as the end credits begin to roll. Going back over the last ten years, only ‘The Dark Knight’ (2008), ‘There Will Be Blood’ (2008), ‘Pans Labyrinth’ (2007), and [...]
SALT SONY RELEASED 20 August 2010 Jumping on the ‘Bourne’ action spy thriller bandwagon, Jolie stars as CIA agent Evelyn Salt, who may or may not be a Russian double agent out to push United States into a nuclear war. After two strong films and performances (‘A Mighty Heart’ and ‘Changeling’), I wish Jolie had [...]
THE LAST AIRBENDER PARAMOUNT RELEASED 13 August 2010 Coming off the back off of two derided duds (‘Lady in the Water’ and ‘The Happening’), M. Night Shyamalan has fallen far from his ‘Sixth Sense’ glory days. So it was something of a surprise that Paramount gave him the reins on this large-budgeted summer kids movie. [...]
KNIGHT AND DAY FOX RELEASED 6 August 2010 Watching trailers for this movie, I was shocked at how unfunny and pedestrian the whole thing looked. Tom Cruise isn’t the box-office draw he used to be, and Cameron Diaz, aside from never really being a big box-office draw anyway, is also starting to look, frankly, a [...]