Reviews ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES. Since the first Anchorman, Will Ferrell has become the biggest comedy star of his generation, maybe of all time, and his writing/producing partner Adam McKay has refined his directing skills and sense of style and nuance with slept-on classics like Stepbrothers (2008) and The Other Guys (2010). This sequel […]
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Phillips thrills, Machete is dull
Reviews CAPTAIN PHILLIPS. Director Paul Greengrass has a dead-accurate, razor-edged sense of story. One could say he makes action movies (the second and third Bourne installments, Green Zone), but that doesn’t quite get it. He distills the essential elements of large-scale conflict into absorbing, often impossibly intense human dramas. Despite taking on big stories about […]