6 ‘n 90! Da Man reviews six films in ninety seconds.
Escape Plan. Even though Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone can get out of a high-tech prison that’s sealed off from the world in an enormous cargo ship, they are unable to escape from the Misfits’ enthusiasm for their new film.
The Counselor. Forget about legal counsel, maybe Ridley Scott should have consulted with a different writer than Cormac McCarthy before making his latest movie.
Captain Phillips and A Hijacking are as different in execution as they are similar in subject matter. Captain Phillips, although presented in a straightforward, almost documentary style, still embraces many of the Hollywood conventions in terms of character and structure. A Hijacking, on the other hand, presents a more fragmented, dispassionate story, the moments of repressed fear and anger resulting in a steady, building, cumulative intensity, which is both involving and sometimes frustrating for a viewer. The Misfits weigh the pros and cons of these two filmmaking approaches, and also ask the question, “Who is the captain?” and wonder, “Does anyone really want to be the captain?”
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6 ‘n 90! Da Man reviews six films in ninety seconds.
Carrie. Watching the remake of Carrie is a bit like being locked in a closet with a bunch of dull people for ninety minutes.
Room 237. If Stanley Kubrick had wanted to make room 237 in The Shining really scary, he would have filled it with film critics and conspiracy-theory nuts arguing about the meaning of his film.
Cinema Misfits 