Good Is The New Bad – Film Reviews And More

Success can be its own worst enemy. In Hollywood, winning the ‘Best Picture’ Oscar is a creative kiss of death. As an award, it’s more of a fashionable choice than a serious referendum on quality. Since 1986, there are only two directors who have produced any creatively significant work after winning their Best Picture Oscar. [...]

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Unquestionably, the best part of Smokin’ Aces is the closing credits. They are done up in a perfect faux-70’s psychedelic style, and more importantly, because it means that this leaden, incoherent mess is finally over. Ostensibly, it’s the story of Buddy “Aces” Israel, and the teams of hitmen sent to exterminate him. Get it? His [...]

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