The Good Shepherd
December 6th, 2006
Pretty good. Robert De Niro directs a terrific cast in a story that outlines the creation of the CIA from the thirties to the Bay of Pigs, with Matt Damon as stoically loyal spy. Angelina Jolie, Alec Baldwin, William Hurt, Billy Crudup, Timothy Hutton, Keir Dullea, Joe Pesci, John Turturro, and Michael Gambon make the nearly three-hour running time fly by, and it’s not until afterwards that you wonder about certain plot points. And how often do you see two movies on the same day where people try to buy their way out of Berlin by selling rocket scientists? Opens December 22.
The Good Shepherd. Robert De Niro, 2006. ***
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Mission Impossible 3
May 20th, 2006
A rainy, hungover afternoon, a free movie… so we overcame our Cruise hatred and saw this, mainly for the supporting cast: PSH, Felicity, and Billy Crudup. Not the complete insult to your intelligence you might expect; Larry Fishburne has some good lines and the action is decent. Thanks to JJ Abrams, this looks just like TV show with a very big budget. We always enjoy the trailers, although there’s not much blockbuster excitement coming up. Superman Returns? I don’t think so.
