Film - Chuck Koplinski
Sly cast saves Goats
By Chuck KoplinskiThere’s a meandering quality to Grant Heslov’s The Men Who Stare at Goats, an odd but entertaining semi-fictional look at a secret government program whose purpose was to train soldiers to
Film - Chuck Koplinski
Jackson documentary sings an incomplete tune
By Chuck KoplinskiI wasn’t sure what to expect from the Michael Jackson documentary This is It but I didn’t anticipate being bored. However, that’s exactly how I felt sitting through this cobbled-toge
Film - Chuck Koplinski
Amelia fails to soar
By Chuck KoplinskiFilm biographies, or bio-pics as they were called, were a staple of film studios of the ’30s and ’40s, particularly at Warner Brothers which perfected the formula of using A-List stars to
Film - Chuck Koplinski
Starting up, Cirque spins its wheels
By Chuck KoplinskiA trend has emerged where franchise filmmaking is concerned. Often, the second part of a given series of movies winds up being better than the first. So much time is spent in part one on the expositio
Film - Chuck Koplinski
Boys walks an emotional tightrope
By Chuck KoplinskiThe premise of Scott Hicks’ The Boys are Back has movie-of-the-week written all over it. Joe Warr (Clive Owen), a dad who’s hardly ever around, finds himself adrift when he’s faced with raising his young son after wife succumbs to cancer.
Film - Chuck Koplinski
Odd pacing nearly trips up Wild Things
By Chuck KoplinskiDirector Spike Jonze knows he’s treading on sacred ground with his big-screen version of Maurice Sendak’s children’s classic, Where the Wild Things Are.
