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“Brooklyn’s Finest” – Arch Campbell Movie Reviews – 2 and 1/2 Stars – Opens March 5, 2010
Standard issue police drama with shades of “Serpico”, “The Departed” and “Training Day” cooked up by “Training Day” director Antoine Fuqua. Dark and gritty and violent, “Brooklyn’s Finest” mixes several stories that come to a mostly violent end over two hours and fifteen minutes. Ethan Hawke plays a stressed Detective and family man whose wife [...]
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“Alice in Wonderland” (PG) – Arch Campbell Movie Reviews – 2 Stars – Opens March 5, 2010
Johnny Depp teams with Tim Burton to create a creepy and quite scary version of “Alice in Wonderland.” Depp channels Willy Wonka and Edward Scisserhands into the Mad Hatter—a character upgraded as equal partner to Alice, played by newcomer Mia Wasikowska. She falls down the rabbit hole in an effort to get away from an unsuitably snooty suitor. Once in the new world of “Underland” she realizes she has visited as a child only then they called it “Wonderland.”
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“Ghost Writer” (PG-13) – Arch Campbell Movie Reviews – 3 Stars – Opens February 26, 2010
“Ghost Writer” spins a great story for a cold winter’s night. Ewan McGregor plays a writer hired to polish up the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister played by Pierce Brosnan. The job comes after one of Brosnan’s aides dies mysteriously, circumstances guaranteed to put us in a conspiratorial mind. Once in Brosnan’s expensive [...]
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“The Crazies” (R) – Arch Campbell Movie Reviews – One Star – Opens February 25, 2010
Unnecessary remake of George Romeo classic about a small town whose residents begin acting strange—like Zombies. Could it be something in the water—something the government doesn’t want anyone to know about? With Timothy Olyphant and Radha Mitchell, two quite good actors, whom I hope will find something better next time. Does it deliver what it [...]
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“Cop Out” (R) – Arch Campbell Movie Reviews – 1 star – Opens February 26, 2010
Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan team up for the mismatched buddy thing. They’re bumbling cops put on suspension who chase a gang of Mexican drug lords who have a valuable baseball card owned by Willis. I suppose Willis and Morgan have good chemistry but they don’t get very good jokes. ”Cop Out” feels like a by the [...]
