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Today’s DVDs: Mild goodness
For the first time in a while, the DVD slate is halfway decent, with the emphasis on halfway. Some of the films here are the kind that inspire the reaction “Eh, it was OK,” another is in the “Cool effects but so what?” category, and the less said about one title the better. There is one film I didn’t get to see that I’d like to check out.
The Bucket List: This hung on in theaters for a good long while, partly because it provides comforting uplift to the very serious subject of cancer. In the process, the movie comes dangerously close to being distasteful (isn’t cancer FUNNY?), but sincere, moving performances from Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman redeem the film. Full review. GRADE: B-
Jumper: A terrific premise about teleportation goes everywhere and nowhere at the same time, with no help from a featherweight script and uneven performances. Handsome location shooting doesn’t help much, nor do some slick effects. Full review. GRADE: C
The Other Boleyn Girl: It wants to be a heavy historical costume drama and a sudsy soap opera, but in trying to be both, the movie is only mildly diverting when it should be riveting. I expected better from a film with this cast. Full review: GRADE: B-
Also out today
Be Kind Rewind: In an era when VHS is all but dead, this comedy about two video store clerks (Jack Black and Mos Def) who make their own versions of hit movies when they accidentally erase the real tapes, seemed like an entertaining throwback. It didn’t last long in theaters, and I ended up missing it, but I’m curious to check out anything directed by Michel Gondry, who made one of my favorite films, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Witless Protection: A Larry the Cable guy movie. How much says the title is accurate?
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