Movie Reviews
Titles starting with M
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
I guess the best I can say about this is “well-intentioned.” I could say worse, but I won’t bother. Basically, it starts out with a good idea, and then plods its way through every predictable situation a hack writer can think of, totally missing a thousand opportunities. Premise: Who says a superhero needs to be well-adjusted? What if the meteorite bestowing super powers ... Read more »
My Week With Marilyn
Marilyn Monroe has always been something of a puzzle for me. I know she was beautiful, in a brassy, cheap sort of way, but I was never the least bit attracted to her. Just not my type, I guess, like Joan Crawford is not my type. She has never figured in a single one of my fantasies. It seems clear that she was a contender for Neediest Person of the Twentieth Century, and this movie gives ... Read more »
Mystery Men
A clever satire on the current fascination with superheroes. These are the also-rans, wannabes with weird “superpowers” that actually don’t work. Ben Stiller is more or less the leader of the little gang, and he calls himself Mr. Furious. The idea is that when he gets really, really angry, he is unstoppable. And he keeps threatening to get really, really angry, warning people they better ... Read more »
Mystic River
This movie is so far above your typical murder mystery that it would be better to invent a whole new genre to contain it. I read the book—twice. Once when it was new, as I’m a major fan of Dennis Lehane, and once again when the movie was about to be released, because of the complexity of the plot, and because I didn’t want to miss any detail, any nuance, if it was as good as I ... Read more »