The French suspense movie Roman de Gare plays — it could be said, plays magically — with one’s emotions. But not the ones you might expect.
Most American movie-goers, I’d wager, will watch and at first their trained expectations of sudden death and/or mayhem will be triggered.
But then, gradually and elegantly, deeper emotions are elicited as veteran French director Claude Lelouch deals up twist after twist, and below the surface feelings, and it is this smart elicitation that makes the film a joy. *read on*
In homage to the 1960’s TV comedy about a bumbling, fumbling yet somehow effective Cold War spy, Get Smart, starring Steve Carell (The Office) as Maxwell Smart and Anne Hathaway (The Devil Wears Prada) as Agent 99, bring family fun and humor to this throw-back but not throw-away spy comedy. With the original creators, Mel Brooks and Buck Henry consulting on the project, Get Smart pays tribute to the television series with gadgets like the Cone-of-Silence and rotary shoe-phone, but uses modern settings and costumes for this Bond farce.
Wanted redefines the action genre with its elegant violence and over-the-top action sequences. Not since “The Matrix” have the laws of physics been broken so beautifully. The fact that the plot makes no sense is entirely irrelevant.
The film's predictable story is based on a comic book by Mark Millar and J.G. Jones. However, the action sequences are so relentlessly entertaining that the context doesn’t even matter.
