Mini-Review: Solidly made but nothing special.

Mini-Review: It is historically significant, but it's certainly not a film. Why is it even on Criticker?

Mini-Review: "The Wrong Man" is an understated and relatively odd Hitchcock film that manages to remain interesting throughout despite the lack of directorial fireworks or dramatic tension. Especially in the first half, the Master demonstrates his shrewdness in creating suspense out of a seemingly tame situation and Fonda looks absolutely innocent, which makes him suitable for the part, I guess. When the film drifts more towards drama, it's less successful. Middle-of-the-road Hitchcock overall.

Mini-Review: Until about the midpoint, "Kill Bill, Vol. 1" is deliciously trashy, stylish and harmless in a way only Tarantino could achieve. But once the Bride arrives at the House of Blue Leaves and the "epic" showdown between Thurman and the Crazy 88 begins, the film abruptly transcends from entertaining revenge flick to pure crap, and I don't mean that in a good way. Worth-watching only to get to the second part of the saga.

Mini-Review: A solid, powerful visualization of "The Wall"'s grandiose concept, featuring some excellent psychedelic animation, visually intriguing direction by Parker and of course the Pink Floyd songs that are (obviously) superb, although far from their best work. Still, I think that in the hands of a helmer with a more compelling vision (Lynch, maybe?), this could have been even more appealingly disturbing. Although Parker does a very solid job, perhaps the project demanded a more ambitious visual artist.