http://ptpopcorn.com Films, and the Artists Who Make Them Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:42:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://ptpopcorn.com/index.php/2010/shes-out-of-my-league/ http://ptpopcorn.com/index.php/2010/green-zone/ http://ptpopcorn.com/index.php/2010/a-prophet/ http://ptpopcorn.com/index.php/2010/planet-51/ Capitalism: A Love Story is classic Michael Moore... which is to say, this is not his best work. It is unevenly entertaining, hopelessly skewed, yell-at-the-screen infuriating (for a number of reasons), and yet still largely compelling, just like the vast majority of Moore’s films. As Jeff Walls noted in his review of the theatrical release, “there’s no denying [Moore] knows how to make his case in a strong and entertaining way.” The film is certainly worth seeing; but it only tells part of the story. If you like what you find here, take the next step. Get serious. And remember: Michael Moore is an entertainer at heart. And that, my dear friends, is why he (and the rest of us!) likes Wally Shawn.]]> http://ptpopcorn.com/index.php/2010/capitalism-revisited/ Training Day. Now, the two are reuniting for Brooklyn’s Finest, another gritty cop drama, but this time with far poorer results. There is not a single original character or idea in Brooklyn’s Finest and the result had the preview audience complaining of those two-plus hours they will never get back.]]> http://ptpopcorn.com/index.php/2010/brooklyns-finest/ Alice in Wonderland, as they have Alice is returning to Wonderland years after her first visit. It’s like what Spielberg did in Hook, only with much better results.]]> http://ptpopcorn.com/index.php/2010/alice-in-wonderland/ The Informant! doesn’t offer much of, unfortunately, is any insight into the nature of truth, or truth-telling. Unless...]]> http://ptpopcorn.com/index.php/2010/the-informant-revisited/ http://ptpopcorn.com/index.php/2010/mommo/ The Ghost Writer moves slowly and the end reveal is not nearly mind-blowing enough to make it worth the monotony. It’s a nice effort that certainly harkens back to the paranoid thrillers of the seventies, but it is not nearly as successful as, say, Michael Clayton. Sorry, Jake, this is not Chinatown.]]> http://ptpopcorn.com/index.php/2010/the-ghost-writer/