The true story of the rescue of six American civil service workers from Iran (who are trapped in hiding) during the 1979 Hostage crisis is material made for comic books or a black comedy for stage or film. Therefore the storyline behind Argo, Ben Affleck’s latest film depicting the events is quite remarkable. The fact Read More…
Movies
The Family That’s Kidnapped Together… Taken 2 ***1/2
If the Mills family of Los Angeles asks you to vacation together, politely decline. Taken 2 is the enjoyable sequel to the popular original of 2007 created by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. Although highly successful and versatile on their own Besson (The Big Blue, La Femme Nikita, Leon: The Professional) and Kamen (Taps, Read More…
This Is Not Your Father’s Dragnet – End of Watch *** 1/2
It feels as if every single approach to making a police movie has been made by Hollywood – and then comes David Ayer’s End Of Watch. End of Watch stars Jake Gyllenhaal (Zodiac, Brokeback Mountain, Donnie Darko) and Michel Pena (Everything Must Go, World Trade Center, Crash) as two long-time partners working for the Los Read More…