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Author Archives: martin-totland
‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ a Cliched Monument to Predictability
I wanted to like this movie, but Captain America turns out to be little more than a cliched monument to narrative predictability.
Newest ‘Transformers’ fun, but nothing to write home about
Explosions, wanton destruction, stereotyping beyond belief, robots, slow-mo firefights, beautiful women — it’s Michael Bay’s trademark style, and few people do it better.
No thunderous applause for ‘Thor’
There are some moments of genuine comedy in Thor, but they’re too few and far between. The God of Thunder, passes 113 minutes in the theater with a whimper.
Doug Stanhope: Seriously Funny
There’s a certain shock value that comes with the price of admission at a Doug Stanhope show: He is as sharp as a whip, impressively articulate and the best social critic/stand-up comedian since Bill Hicks.
Physics is fun in ‘Source Code’
Source Code is an engaging, inventive and fun thriller. Watch it.
Patience pays off with ‘Hanna’
‘Hanna’ is a tense, terse and rivetingly unconventional film. It’s also highly recommended.
Alien comedy ‘Paul’ not quite out of this world
“Paul,” an alien escape comedy by friends and filmmakers Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, is a pretty funny flick with clear charm but not enough edge.
