The Double is an under-whelming spy drama starring Richard Gere and Topher Grace (well known for his days on The 70’s Show.)
The best thing about this movie is that it is not 100% predictable, and that helps us deal with the slow monotonous plot. There really is nothing overly good or bad to tout about this show, other than it has the feel of a straight to cable movie.
5/10
Mars Needs Moms is a Disney movie about a young boy that saves his mom from Martian kidnappers.
Visually it has the look and feel of a Tron like world, with occasional scenery that reminds us of the underground of The Matrix.
Oh ya, it also has racist undertones, so in my opinion, not the best flic for your kids to watch if you care about this sort of thing.
How is it racist? The good guys are all average American white folk. The bad people are Martians, but the Martians are all Asians that look like Mutant Ninja Turtle bugs with Asian eyes and accents. The Asian Martian men are all stupid goofy characters, and the Asian Martian women are stereotypes, right down to the their voices in English not matching the mouth movements at times, like in old badly voiced over movies. And one other interesting fact is the Martians discover a lost ancient artifact with an image of them, and they look much more round eyed in their past when they were happy well adjusted normal families. And now they have stereotypical Asian eyes, since they are now evil kidnapping Amazonian Asian Martians.
I love racist humour and see nothing wrong with it when it’s done right, like with South Park for example. The racism in this movie is somewhat subtle, but I feel done in poor taste, and that’s based on a person that has no problem with raciest humour in proper context. I would be curious to see what a person sensitive to these things would say. Regardless, if this was intended to be a kids movie, shouldn’t it be less black and white to the kids than white people good, Asian people bad until they see the light and are modernized to white American family ways?
6/10
A silly predictable romantic comedy about a couple that falls in love after working together for years.
If you were to imagine Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler in a remake of The Brady Bunch Goes To Hawaii, you would be able picture this exact movie. If that turns your movie watching crank, then Just Go With It.
5/10
A poorly named off-beat comedy about two groups of bungling bank robbers, and a mysterious stranger that happens to be at the bank at the wrong time.
Patrick Dempsey plays the mysterious stranger. And Ashley Judd plays his love interest. At first watch this movie is quite appealing, but as it proceeds it becomes less so, till it’s incredibly annoying towards the end.
I felt our struggling story tellers were trying very hard to recapture the feel of a classic comedy by the name of Clue, based on the famous board game. Clue is a cult classic from 1985, and in my opinion one of the best comedies ever made. I’ve seen it many times, and know it well. And this sad piece of Flypaper has no hope in hell of coming close to giving us the same complex Clue shenanigans.
As for our stars, I’m not sure I’ve ever been impressed with Patrick Dempsey in any role, he is one of those actors that baffle me in his fame. Yet Ashley Judd seems to pull off most of her roles with grace.
As a whole, I was extra disappointed since the movie started off so well and promising.
5/10
