I’m back from Toronto and glad to be on fresh, freedom-enriched American soil again. I flew home on Sept. 11, which turned out to be not nearly as interesting as I had thought it might be.
The Coen Brothers have a new film in theaters today, “Burn After Reading,” which I enjoyed but did not totally love. It’s a minor Coen work — which, after all, is still better than, say, a major Tyler Perry work.
Speaking of which, Perry’s “The Family That Preys” opens today as one of Hollywood’s Shameful Secrets® (movies not screened for critics). I also don’t have a review of the Pacino/De Niro cop thriller “Righteous Kill,” but that’s because it screened when I was in Canada.
I do have a review of “The Women,” a dreadful and unfunny comedy starring a bunch of women. My review is at Cinematical.
As predicted, there is no “In the Dark” podcast this week due to my travels and jet lag and tiredness and malaise. But in general, you can subscribe to the weekly movie podcast using this URL. And you can subscribe to “In the Dark,” the weekly e-mail roundup of new reviews and DVD releases, here.
The family that preys? That sounds more like a Rob Zombie movie than a Tyler Perry one. I’m rather intrigued by the idea of a Tyler Perry comedy about a family of sociopaths.
I don’t think it would be a stretch to say that a trip to the bathroom results in something better than a major Tyler Perry work.
I am always surprised when Al Pacino and Robert De Niro are in a movie together, because they are the same person.
And every once in a while one of them is Dustin Hoffman, but I’m not sure which.
Thanks for the warnings. I’ll know what to skip again.
Is a review of “Righteous Kill” coming? I know most critics think it’s bad but it’s tough for me to skip a movie with Pacino and Deniro. I was hoping to see how bad you thought it was before I decided to see it.