Charlie is off on a classical music binge in Portland this week so we’ve brought in Jay Herzog (who wrote "Battle for Boomer Jack" for us a few weeks back) as a guest reviewer — but diehard movie buff that Charlie is, he went to the opening of the latest Bruce Willis Die Hard flick […]
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Mighty, Almighty
Previews The Christian-themed Evan Almighty may not have lived up to box office expectations last weekend, but I’ll bet that old reliable Bruce Willis will. Opening Wednesday, June 27, is Live Free or Die Hard, a.k.a. Die Hard 4, which brings back Willis’ John McClane. This time, McClane is after an Internet terrorist group which, […]
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‘Nancy Drew’ bland, but ‘Valet’ delicious
Previews Opening Friday, June 22, is the next film that is no doubt destined to top the weekend box office: Evan Almighty . A sort of sequel to 2003’s Bruce Almighty , Morgan Freeman is back as God, but Jim Carrey has been replaced by Steve Carell as God’s lackey — uh, Earthly representative, or […]
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Charlie surivives Ocean’s Thirteen
PREVIEWS Based on my experience with Fantastic Four, I found nothing particularly fantastic about the four. Nonetheless, opening Friday, June 15, is Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer , which brings back director Tim Story and the same quartet of actors as Mr. Fantastic (Ioan Gruffudd), Sue Storm (Jessica Alba — so beautiful, such […]
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‘Pirates’ stands up to ‘Knocked Up’
Previews Knocked Up failed to dislodge Pirates from atop the box office, but perhaps Ocean’s Thirteen will accomplish that feat. Happily set back in Las Vegas after the European setting of the disastrous Twelve, Steven Soderbergh returns as director and Pitt, Clooney and Damon now face a new enemy and scamee in Al Pacino, one […]