The Long Kiss Goodnight

Release Date: October 11th, 1996

Genre: Action / Crime / Drama

Stars: Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Craig Bierko

Synopsis: An amnesia stricken woman is haunted by her past eight years into her new life as a wife, mother, and schoolteacher.

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Plot:                                          

An extremely entertaining premise for a film even if it was way beyond the realm of believability.

Writing / Production:               

"The Long Kiss Goodnight" is filled with cheesy one liners, over the top stunts, and questionable plot points but is damn entertaining and enjoyable so whatever the filmmakers did was working. 

Acting:                                     

Samuel L. Jackson plays the part of the inept sidekick perfectly and Geena Davis pulls off the difficult task of going from innocent schoolteacher to bad ass assassin pretty well although her performance wasn't a complete homerun.  Craig Bierko was so entertaining as the villain it was hard to hate him.

Originality:                          

It feels alot like many films from this genre and time period but it definitely has a distinct character.

Overall:                                 

This film was flat out fun and easy to watch.  Some audiences will certainly be critical because the film is admittedly an easy target for the "yeah right" crowd but don't let that keep you from having some fun and check out "The Long Kiss Goodnight".

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Good

Release Date: September 28th, 2010 (DVD)

Genre: Drama

Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Jason Isaacs, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis: An academic in Nazi Germany is swept into "the party" when he is tapped by higher ups to write a paper but he faces conflict within himself and is faced with helping his Jewish friend at great risk to his own personal well being.

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Plot:                                                                                     

The premise of portraying how a good and decent person could become exploited and drawn into the Nazi party is a solid one indeed.

Writing / Production:             

None of the protagonist's relationships were really allowed to fully materialize on the screen which only served to dull the sympathies of the audience.  A would be intriguing plot never panned out to cash in on its entertainment potential.  On a positive note the final shot of the film is one of the most powerful I've seen in some time.

Acting:                                      

Nobody jumped off the screen with a particularly powerful performance including Viggo Mortensen in the lead role.  On the other hand none of the players were so horrible as to distract the viewer.

Originality:                           

Nazi Germany has been explored from just about every angle possible on the silver screen and "Good" does not provide anything drastically different than what we've seen before.

Overall:                                  

Perhaps one of the most unmoving films ever produced about the Holocaust which was unfortunate because the storyline should have yielded better. 

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Eat Pray Love

Release Date: August 13th, 2010

Genre: Romance / Drama

Stars: Julia Roberts, Javier Bardem, Richard Jenkins

Synopsis: A newly divorced middle aged woman decides to attempt to overcome her troubles by taking a lengthy vacation to Italy and India where she meets interesting new people and finds herself.

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Plot:                                          

Basing this movie on the true incredible journey of a woman who found herself in a place that many people can identify with was a great idea.

Writing / Production:              

At its best "Eat Pray Love" is refreshing, funny, and charming but it is also boring and drawn out.  There aren't a ton of bad things to say about the script but those responsible for editing would have done well to cut thirty or fourty minutes off this film.

Acting:                                   

Julia Roberts is one of my favorites and it was good to see her putting her show stopping talents to good use again.  The rest of the cast is quite delightful as well and I don't recall being distracted by any particularly horrible performances.

Originality:                            

The film used some old tricks but the idea of a woman finding herself before finding a man and not vice versa is quite different.

Overall:                                

To put it quite plainly the movie would have been really good (not great) if it was kept under the two hour mark.  As it stands there is a decent movie contained within "Eat Pray Love" you just have to tolerate the excesses that devalue the film. 

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Killshot

Release Date: January 23rd, 2009

Genre: Crime / Drama / Thriller

Stars: Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane, Thomas Jane, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rosario Dawson

Synopsis: A hit man for the Toronto mafia teams up unexpectedly with a small time conspicuous crook but when their extortion scheme goes sour they choose to hunt down the witnesses that have been placed in a federal protection program.

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Plot:                                            

In some regards it makes for an exciting storyline but why would a professional cool hitman get involved with a young hot shot that obviously would get him arrested or killed?

Writing / Production:               

"Killshot" goes back and forth between being really interesting and kind of dull.  There was not a lot of sympathy generated for the victim couple which will leave more audiences cheering for the villains than usual.

Acting:                                          

Mickey Rourke certainly stands apart from the rest of the cast but this movie was pretty well acted.

Originality:                              

Everything in this movie is very familiar except the pairing of the two villains which really is just an ignorant plot hole.

Overall:                                      

"Killshot" has some entertainment value but don't expect any extraordinary creativity.  Maybe the film would have made a little more sense if Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character wouldn't have been so over the top and out of control.

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