The Blog at The Cinema Trade
After much resistance and not a little second-guessing, here is the debut of The Cinema Trade's ongoing blog, featuring movie and movie poster news, ramblings, rantings and ravings from Baton Rouge and beyond. Your input is always welcome; use the Contact Us link anytime.
May 7, 2010
The summer movie season begins in earnest today with Iron Man 2. Hopefully it will put some mental distance from the non-event that was the totally unnecessary remake of A Nightmare On Elm Street." Jackie Earle Haley is too talented to be remembered for this effort; the makeup and technical credits are passable but all he's really called on to do is amp up his Rorschach growl and stalk one of the more blank horror heroines in many a moon.
Kick-Ass is a faithful and terrific adaptation of one of the more controversial graphic novels of recent years. One hoped that Nicolas Cage might continue his return to edgy glory from Bad Lieutenant here, but he's really the odd man out in a cast that really hits otherwise. Obviously the writer and director gave more zeal to the villain role, in which the divine Mark Strong is given front and center to cut loose, unlike the short shrift he was given in Sherlock Holmes (possibly because its creators feared that he would run away with it like he has others against expensive stars e.g. Body of Lies.)
The 3-D craze threatens to continue with many top projects announced, but an odd dearth for the summer after the crowded one-a-week late spring. Will we see some of the tentpoles reconsidering the plunge, especially if Iron Man does fine without it?
Until next time, don't accept substandard sound and picture or bottom of the barrel popcorn breakage at the mulitplexes...