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Black Dynamite

In the spoof that bears his name, Black Dynamite (Michael Jai White) sports every outfit in the blaxploitation-look book. While investigating the murder of his junkie brother, he wears a cheap-looking suit with lapels that belong on a pterodactyl. He ...

From WESLEY MORRIS, Boston Globe,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Jai White,  Scott Sanders,  Central Intelligence Agency,  Billy Dee Williams,  Richard Roundtree

The Blind Side

It may be based on a true story, but “The Blind Side’’ delivers two heart-yanking hours of Hollywood physics. One kid’s bad existence gets better with the application of a great deal of upper-middle-class pressure. The movie recounts the story of how a ...

From WESLEY MORRIS, Boston Globe,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sandra Bullock,  Michael Oher,  Tim McGraw,  Erin Brockovich,  NFL

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

In “Precious,’’ Claireece Precious Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) usually comes home from school and prepares dinner for her mother, Mary (Mo’Nique), in their Harlem apartment. Mary could probably make dinner herself. But it’s easier for her to throw the ...

From WESLEY MORRIS, Boston Globe,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Gabourey Sidibe,  Piper Laurie,  Sissy Spacek,  Lee Daniels,  Nicole Kidman

The Messenger

I’ve worried before that it might be too soon for movies about our current wars. They’re too fresh to get a dramatic grip on either the conflicts or what provoked them. What many filmmakers have produced were tracts that cast a skeptical eye. But, as ...

From WESLEY MORRIS, Boston Globe,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Will Montgomery,  Ben Foster,  Woody Harrelson,  Robert Duvall,  Oren Moverman

Capturing a spirit of old Hollywood

Kellan Lutz, who plays a vampire in the new “Twilight’’ movie, made an appearance at the Natick Collection last week. He signed posters for the 500 fans who persevered to earn that honor, and grinned heartily for the 75 fans anointed with the chance to ...

From WESLEY MORRIS, Boston Globe,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hot Topic, Inc.,  Kellan Lutz,  Nordstrom, Inc.,  Facebook Inc.,  Tweet (musician)

William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe

‘William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe’’ is indeed about the radical-leftist attorney. But this engrossing and provocative documentary is also about a tragic kind of liberal guilt. The many cases Kunstler took until his death in 1995 - he defended ...

From WESLEY MORRIS, Boston Globe,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: William Kunstler,  John Gotti,  Phil Donahue,  Alan Dershowitz

(Untitled)

The New York art world does such a wonderful job of satirizing itself that further assistance hardly seems necessary. But with “(Untitled),’’ writer and director Jonathan Parker takes for granted the trumped-up stakes, the humorlessness, and the ...

From WESLEY MORRIS, Boston Globe,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jonathan Parker,  Adam Goldberg,  John Cage,  Eion Bailey,  Marley Shelton

The Box

“The Box’’ almost squeezes the non-anatomical part of your stomach that tenses up in moments of dread. Considering how long it’s been since a movie’s gotten near that part of my stomach, that’s not an insignificant “almost.’’ James Marsden and a twangy ...

From WESLEY MORRIS, Boston Globe,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Frank Langella,  James Marsden,  Cameron Diaz,  NASA,  Richard Kelly

The Horse Boy

No one wants to say that a movie about two parents’ wish to alleviate their son’s autism is a bad idea. But when that wish produces an arduous trek across Mongolia in search of a shaman and when the movie about that trek is called “The Horse Boy,’’ my ...

From WESLEY MORRIS, Boston Globe,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Falcon Heene

The Fourth Kind

The big news about “The Fourth Kind’’ is that its supernatural horror is based on real events. This is true in the same way that Pamela Anderson’s chest is based on real breasts. In the opening scene, a blurry Milla Jovovich walks into focus and ...

From WESLEY MORRIS, Boston Globe,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Milla Jovovich,  Pamela Anderson,  Kevin Trudeau,  Will Patton (actor),  Robert Duvall

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