Here's three more capsule reviews of films I've seen recently:
WHIP IT: Drew Barrymore's directorial debut is a wonderfully quirky flick filled with tons of interesting characters. The story revolves around a girl who longs to get away from her mom's obsessions of turning her into a beauty queen and her revolt through joining a roller derby team coached by Andrew Wilson, brother of Luke and Owen in a fun turn. Ellen Page does a nice job in the lead role as well, as does all of cast including Juliet Lewis, Kristin Wiig, Jimmy Fallon, and Barrymore herself. Sure it follows the sports movie model, but Barrymore takes us through the proceedings with zesty aplomb that's true to herself. Congratulations on a fine debut. If you haven't seen this one please do, you shouldn't be disappointed.
DATE NIGHT: That said, I can't do the same for this next movie. I had sort of high hopes for this comedy vehicle starring Steve Carrell and Tina Fey, two actors I generally like, but that wasn't to be. It looked like an Adventures in Babysitting type of throwback in trailers, but all it was was bland. Save for a couple of good chuckles, I wasn't entertained.
NINJA ASSASSIN: Now this one, on the other hand, was rather entertaining, albeit on a different spectrum. Was this a good movie? Nooooo, come on, you knew it wouldn't be, but Ninja Assassin delivers as a mindless ninja movie. It's completely balls-to-the wall action packed with CGI that I thought was better than advertised. Maybe because I saw it on the small screen it worked better and looked clearer than I had heard, who knows. All I know is I had a good time with this one. I felt like it was 1986 and I was watching Saturday afternoon Kung-Fu flicks. To me, that's awesome.
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