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Catch .44 (2011)
Drug deal gone bad.
Bruce Willis and Forest Whitaker. Okay, how do i do this? This movie has shades of Tarantino all over it. Does that make it a good movie? Not necessarily. This movie wants to be cool, but it is trying' too damn hard. I don't want to be cruel but, all the style in the world don't count for jack if you don't have the story to pull it off. Brad Dourif gets his name on the cover but you are lucky if you see him for 60 seconds in the film. I also managed to pull Michael Rosenbaum (Lex Luthor, Smallville) out of the crowd doing what i thought was a pretty decent performance, short as it was. Now, i'm not sayin' "Don't watch this movie", i'm just sayin' "take it under advisement". Thanks for your time.
A Spanking in Paradise (2010)
Gritty realism from the seedy side of Edinburgh
Justin, a human rights lawyer takes a trip north of the border to visit with family before he moves out to the United States. As it turns out, his uncle runs a brothel (sauna) and while waiting on his Visa being processed he finds himself involved in a life that his mother moved to England to keep him away from. I had seen postings for this movie for a while but had never gotten around to it. Now i'm wondering what took me so long. There are not many movies at the moment that actually make me laugh out loud but this one did. Some funny anecdotes and some very funny visual moments lightened what could have been a very dark movie. Unfortunately i was left wanting more. Nice one.