‘Movie Connection’ Archives
Red
By Andy McKinney I sort of expected “Red” to pertain in some way to the color of blood, but no. “Red” is short for Retired, Extremely Dangerous. Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich and Helen Mirren play retired spies, hence the name. It is of course the wonderful cast that makes the movie work. In [...]
Life as We Know it
By Andy McKinney Katherine Heigl has definitely found her niche in the movie universe. She is shaping up to fill the space vacated by Meg Ryan as the female romantic lead of this decade. “Life as We Know it” is her fourth such film in four years. It continues a string of successful films which began with the spectacularly popular [...]
Get Low
By Andy McKinney This is the kind of wonderful low budget art house film that you get to do as an actor if you have had a spectacular career and God loves you. The producers spent a tiny $7 million on this film, an amount that a huge powerhouse like “Iron Man” might have spent on sushi for the cast. [...]
The Town
By Andy McKinney Now Ben Affleck has some bragging rights in his career that in some small way meets the expectations generated when he and his lifelong pal Matt Damon received Oscars as very young Hollywood successes. This is one of a very small handful of really good movies that we have been given this year. It is a gritty heist movie set [...]
The Expendables
By Andy McKinney Short review-this is really fun, go see it. It might be called the Explodeables. Those who have wondered what Sylvester Stallone will do in his twilight years now have an answer. He is making movies. The script is his, full of satisfying touches and jokes among the action film boilerplate. [...]
