Cinecast #29: Pathetic Justice
Four Brothers, the new urban revenge drama from director John Singleton, features a preposterous plot, two-dimensional characters, violence without consequence ... and guess what? Sam liked it anyway. Adam, however, considered it a "travesty." That's right folks, the first Cinecast fight since show #17! The only thing Adam and Sam did agree on, which somehow goes largely un-discussed during their debate -- Mark Wahlberg's brash, charismatic performance as the avenging quartet's ringleader.
Also on the show, Listener Feedback, a preview of Friday's Top 5 Revenge Movies, and Massacre Theatre presented by ChicagoMixer.com.
Music by Anne McCue courtesy of Messenger Records ... Cinecast theme music by Age of the Rifle.
Cinecast #29
:30-14:04 - Review: "Four Brothers"
Music - Anne McCue, "Milkman's Daughter"
14:59-25:18 - Listener Feedback, Overlooked DVD Picks
Music - Anne McCue, "Stupid"
26:42-29:17 - Massacre Theatre
29:18-33:19 - Top 5 Revenge Movies Preview
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posted by Adam @ 12:01 AM
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I just saw "Broken Flowers" tonight and it was fantastic. While it is definately yet another movie featuring a dead pan Bill Murray, a character we might start getting sick of if it gets overused, he is so rivetingly expressive occupying that limited mood the way he does and he's just so darn adorable, it's pure poetry. It was great to watch Murray occupy the aging, depressive, rich-but-styleless bachelor Don and watch him encounter one after another of his motley crew of lovers whom he hasn't seen in 20 years. These female characters (and their daughters) are great, satirical but human at the same time, and they are portrayed in teriffic, often taut and nuanced performances by a compelling cast including Sharon Stone as the fallen bottle blonde bombshell widow of a race car driver, Jessica Lange as a yuppified peaced-out "animal communicator," and Tilda Swinton as the at-first unrecognizable barbed wire of a woman who answers the door of her derelict farm house. I also loved Jeffrey Wright's Winston, both the character and the performance. It seemed to me like everyone in the film got good directing and did good character development work for this movie. The writing is great and visually it's very painterly which I also always appreciate in a film.
This movie could easily just be added to your Netflix cue, but for me it's kind of movie that I walk out a theatre feeling like my $10.75 and 115 minutes were well spent because I had a good aesthetic experience as well as supported a worthy film.
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