Celluloid Heroes

This movie doesn't exactly have the most quickly unfolding plot line, but the end is a decent one.

The story has a woman (Mira Sorvino) getting a job as a waitress at a mob-influenced restaurant, where she quickly makes friends with the other two waitresses who work there. As it turns out, one of the waitresses is an undercover police officer and the other (Mariah Carey, in one of her few acting roles to date) is involved in some of these mob dealings.

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Posted by Chad Everett on May 21, 2006 in Drama

This retelling of the Batman tale isn't quite as cool as the 1989 version with Jack Nicholson and his "Did you ever dance with the devil in the pale moon light", but let's be honest - if you don't have Jack, how can it be? So keeping that in mind, it's not bad.

Borrowing a page from the George Lucas playbook with the inclusion of Liam Neeson as a philosophical mentor to a younger hero works here, as Bruce Wayne rises from a Chinese prison to assume a role within Wayne Enterprises, the titanic corporation his father created years before.

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Posted by Chad Everett on May 21, 2006 in Action

This movie doesn't exactly have the most quickly unfolding plot line, but the end is a decent one.

The story has a woman (Mira Sorvino) getting a job as a waitress at a mob-influenced restaurant, where she quickly makes friends with the other two waitresses who work there. As it turns out, one of the waitresses is an undercover police officer and the other (Mariah Carey, in one of her few acting roles to date) is involved in some of these mob dealings.

Read All of "Wisegirls (2002) Review" »
Posted by Chad Everett on May 21, 2006 in Drama

This retelling of the Batman tale isn't quite as cool as the 1989 version with Jack Nicholson and his "Did you ever dance with the devil in the pale moon light", but let's be honest - if you don't have Jack, how can it be? So keeping that in mind, it's not bad.

Borrowing a page from the George Lucas playbook with the inclusion of Liam Neeson as a philosophical mentor to a younger hero works here, as Bruce Wayne rises from a Chinese prison to assume a role within Wayne Enterprises, the titanic corporation his father created years before.

Read All of "Batman Begins (2005) Review" »
Posted by Chad Everett on May 21, 2006 in Action