Gary Wolcott's "Mr. Movie" column has appeared in the Tri-City Herald since 1992. The Tri-City native now lives in Portland, Ore., and watches about 250 movies each year. This member of Portland's association of movie critics, Far From Hollywood, believes movies are made to be seen on theater screens and should be seen there and not on television screens. Have a question for Mr. Movie? Click on "Add Comment" below. Mr. Movie has joined Twitter. Follow him here.
Executives of an evil international bank are shaping the political world by funding revolution, smuggling arms and controlling governments. A brave Interpol cop and a Manhattan Assistant D.A. are determined to stop them.
Clive Owen and Naomi Watts star. Hes the cop. Shes the attorney. Continually thwarted and running out of time to prove their case, the two stars and others chase leads around the globe while, in turn, being chased by the banks legion of bad guys.
Nothing much happens at the many stops. In fact, so little happens in first time writer Eric Singers script and director Tom Tykwers (Perfume: the Story of a Murderer) movie that there is virtually nothing to critique.
The story is bland. The performances are bland. There was nowhere for the plot to go and nowhere for this review to go.
The end. Roll credits.
Mr. Movie rating: 1 star
Rated R for mature themes, violence. It opens Friday, Feb. 13 at the Carmike 12 and Fairchild Cinemas 12.
5 stars to 4 1/2 stars: Must see on the big screen
4 stars to 3 1/2 stars: Good film, see it if it's your type of movie.
3 stars to 2 1/2 stars: Wait until it comes out on video.
2 stars to 1 star: Don't bother.
0 stars: Speaks for itself.
'Don't be Afraid of the Dark' offers few reasons to worry
Emphasis. Don’t. That’s “don’t” as in Don’t be Afraid of the Dark .
This movie won’t leave you afraid of the dark or much else. No leaving the lights on for the night when you get home. No checking rooms and closets or peeking under the bed worried that something creepy might be there.
Nope. In the 99 very slow minutes of Don’t be Afraid of the Dark an expected jump or two is about all you get. And they’re not even that good.
Sam Worthington is an ex-cop set up during a sting.
He gets accused of stealing a huge diamond from a dishonest developer and mogul. The guy needs the cash from the insurance to pay for an investment and stave off bankruptcy.
After a couple of years in jail, Worthington’s Nick Cassidy is let out to attend his father’s funeral. It’s there he makes a clever, car-chase intensive escape. Once out, he rents a hotel room, has a meal, opens the window and walks out onto the ledge.
'Our Idiot Brother' more idiots should be as entertaining
Paul Rudd is Ned, the idiot brother.
The lights are on but no one seems to be home. He’s a throwback hippie with long, thick hair. The naive Ned gets tossed in jail for selling pot to a cop who claimed to be having a bad day and really needs some relief. He tries to give the cop some weed at no charge, but the man will not hear of such a thing.
Star Trek made its debut Sept. 8, 1966, and became legendary, and its millions of fans kept the sci-fi series immortal.
Whether you're a fan of the original Star Trek , or an aficionado of The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager or Star Trek Enterprise, or the string of Trek motion pictures, you won't want to miss an open house Saturday presented by the USS Antares, a local Star Trek club.
Patrick McAndrew, of Kennewick, is the commanding officer of the Antares, and he says the Trekkie club's first open house, at the main branch of the Mid-Columbia Library on Union Street in Kennewick, will have something for the whole family to enjoy.
KENNEWICK -- Star Trek made its debut Sept. 8, 1966, and became legendary, and its millions of fans kept the sci-fi series immortal.
Whether you're a fan of the original Star Trek, or an aficionado of The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager or Star Trek Enterprise, or the string of Trek motion pictures, you won't want to miss an open house Saturday presented by the USS Antares, a local Star Trek club.
Patrick McAndrew, of Kennewick, is the commanding officer of the Antares, and he says the Trekkie club's first open house, at the main branch of the Mid-Columbia Library on Union Street in Kennewick, will have something for the whole family to enjoy.
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