REEL TIME: Madonna screws up a perfectly lovely story and The Rock is gross

This week's new releases include sappy V-Day jawn, The Vow, Madonna's W.E. and a screening of this year's Oscar-nominated animated and live-action shorts.

options

REEL TIME: Madonna screws up a perfectly lovely story and The Rock is gross

POSTED: Friday, February 10, 2012, 4:00 PM

Filed Under: Movies

No. 5: Like many gays, I nearly pooped when I heard Madonna was going to make a movie about famed socialite Wallis Simpson. I should have known better, though. (The Material Girl + movies = always sucky.) Critic A.D. Amorosi says the final product "looks like a Calvin Klein commercial and sounds like a glum after-school special." The one saving grace, he says, is Andrea Riseborough, the actress that plays Simpson, who "single-handedly gives the film much-needed electricity." Read the rest of his review here. (Ritz at the Bourse)

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Posted by Josh Middleton @ 4:00 PM Permalink | Post a comment

Comments (0)

Q&A with SHARI SOLANIS: "The goal isn't pornography"
What we're trying to do this weekend
SEXY TIME Q&A: I've never had an orgasm during sex with a man — and I'm 30!
NOW SEE THIS: Transit cop arrests marijuana activist for alleged disorderly conduct.
Q&A with Tony Goldwyn: "Life is gray, and relationships are, too"
CONCERT REVIEW: Primus (3D & quadraphonic sound) @ The Tower 10/17
ICEPACK ILLUSTRATED: The Archbishop meets the Geator, the Mayor goes suit shopping, Le Bec Fin fin.
ICEPACK ILLUSTRATED: Indian fare rules, Dunder Mifflin lives on, Tom Jones is a god
SWIMMING HOLES: Some of our favorite places to get wet
Q&A with Goon’s Seann William Scott

About this blog

Featuring everything from event roundups to concert reviews and sex talk, City Paper's Critical Mass is a space for off-the-wall coverage of Philly's A&E scene.

Follow Critical Mass editors Patrick Rapa and Emily Guendelsberger on Twitter:

@mission2denmark | @emilygee

Search this blog:

Topics:

Blog archives:

May
April
March

February
January

Past Archives: