Film noir puts on a blue collar and gets nasty in this flick about adultery, arson, murder and blackmail, set around a construction site in Australia. Although the ending is a dud and the down-under dialect is hard to follow, the characters are believable, the plotting is tight and the atmosphere is suspenseful.
Grade: B
Unless you’re a 12-16-year-old boy, this extended SNL sketch is probably not for you. MacGruber has some genuine laughs, but they’re smothered by a literal mountain of infantile poop jokes that are simply vile.
Grade: C
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The Iron Man franchise has solved the main problem with superhero movies: How do you make the good guy as interesting as the bad guy? Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark/Iron Man, besides being an athlete and computer genius, is a raving egomaniac who’s only slightly less sociopathic than his villains (Mickey Rourke and Sam Rockwell), and that edginess (plus Downey’s talent) is what makes Iron Man 2 such a fun ride.
Grade: B
This indie comedy, set on a tiny island (part of the Bronx) in Long Island Sound, shows a dysfunctional family whose layers of deception unravel before their eyes. The script is clever, with some witty and wise moments, but I was never convinced by Andy Garcia as the working-class father.
Grade: C+
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