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Now Playing Review – The Dilemma

01/14/2011 by Lauren Leave a Comment

The Dilemma is aptly named for what takes place during these 2 hours of movie time. I know what you’re thinking: “What!? A movie title that somehow represents the movie itself!? That’s unheard of!” Shh… I bat your sarcasm away. Yes, the film is named for the obvious dilemma in the plot itself, but unfortunately the film is marred by the other dilemmas that occurred on the filmmaking end, creating a pretty mediocre end result.

So here’s the obvious: girl and guy codes aside, when you see the significant other of your best friend cheating on them should you or should you not tell them? This is the question that Ronny faces when he sees Nick’s wife with another man, and though he wants to tell him, plenty of variables get thrown into the mix making it harder for Ronny to just come out and break the bad news.

And this is where the problem lies. Though this is a highly debatable topic, turns out it in itself really can’t be the basis of an entire film. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Movie Review Tagged With: Channing Tatum, Jennifer Connely, Kevin Connolly, Queen Latifah, Ron Howard, The Dilemma, Vince Vaughn, Winona Ryder

Review: The Dilemma

01/14/2011 by Zac Leave a Comment

The Dilemma is a bit all over the place and doesn’t really know what it wants to be and unfortunately doesn’t embrace the dark side of the film that is kind of interesting.

The film follows a pair of friends/business partners that are have an unsuspecting wrench thrown in their relationship when one of them sees the other’s significant other with another man. This proves difficult for the one who saw the adultery, Ronny, as he doesn’t know how to break the news to his buddy, Nick. To compound the problem even further, Ronny, doesn’t know what to do with his own girlfriend as Nick and his cheating wife, Geneva, had been pressuring him to pop the question before all these adultery issues arose. Ronny begins to sneak around after Geneva and when he finally confronts her a war of secrets begins to unfold.

Review: Angels and Demons

05/18/2009 by Zac Leave a Comment

Ron Howard and Tom Hank’s team up for a second tale in the world of Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon and the results exceed that of the Da Vinci Code, and is a solid picture on its own right in the end.
The CERN particle acceleration research center is in the business of colliding atoms in hope of discovering the scientific answers to the creation of the universe but has a side project that is interested in the collection of a highly volatile substance called anti-matter. Incapable of coming into contact with another any piece of matter the substance can cause, in the universe of the film, substantial devastation from the said incident of contact. When one of these canisters of harvested anti-matter is stolen and a scientist murdered, the project’s second in command, Vittoria Vettra, is called to Vatican City along with Robert Langdon to help investigate in a plot against the Vatican during the Conclave selecting the new Pope after the recent death of the previous. The four Preferiti cardinals have been kidnapped and the vile of antimatter is somewhere hidden in the Vatican and with the threat of the Preferiti to be murdered on the hour leading up to the destruction of Vatican City by the anti-matter at midnight [Read more...]

Filed Under: Movie Review Tagged With: Angels and Demons, Ayelet Zurer, Dan Brown, Ewan McGregor, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Robert Langdon, Ron Howard, Stellan Skarsgard, The Da Vinci Code, Tom Hanks

Review: Frost/Nixon

01/09/2009 by Zac Leave a Comment

Ron Howards latest is a nice little film about history that does a fine job of humanizing Nixon while still holding him accountable, and is full of a number good performances.
Richard M. Nixon (Frank Langella) is the only president to ever resign from office, and in doing so a nation was cheated and robbed of the man admitting the errors of his way when he was pardoned by Gerald Ford. David Frost (Michael Sheen) in the mean time was a moderately successful British television host who, while having a show fail in the U.S., was still successful in England and Australia. Frost craved a return to the American spotlight though, and a return to the New York scene which he loved. Frost devises a plan to get back to New York by hopefully scoring the first interview with President Nixon since his departure and acting like a real journalist instead of the entertainer he was perceived as. Luckily for Frost, Nixon needs money and a chance to rebuild his reputation, and Nixon and his aides see this interview with an “amateur” as an opportunity to control the situation and put a positive light back on himself and his presidency. [Read more...]