Tubbs’s Film Reviews

8089 Films have been rated or reviewed by Tubbs.

Italian Job, The (2003): The first heist scenes are the best then what follows depends upon the appeal of the stars. As usual some good stunt people are involved.
Streetcar Named Desire, A (TV mini-series) (1995): The acting is very noisy. Most interest for me was in how John Goodman fared (not too bad).; DVD $24.95
Party Girl (Dangerous Business) (1930): Preachy and unfortunately shot in its entirety in the studio but there is a definite curiosity value and worth the hour to watch.
Salt (2010): One of the silliest screenplays out there but as usual you can't fault the stunt people. In the making of Noyce describes Jolie as a great dramatic actress which I thought was pushing it a bit.
Then She Found Me (2007): Helen, Bette and Colin are very watchable leads but the interest of the story weakens toward its end.
Irrational Man (2015): Allen churns out another but at least in this one he attempts a bit of black comedy (passable). As usual there is plenty of talking.
Don't Look Back - Bob Dylan (1967): The musical numbers are fine. The backstage scenes are valuable historical footage because of the status of the characters but would be mundane otherwise.
99 Homes (2014): It's worth watching for the performance of Michael Shannon as unfortunately the talented Laura Dern is under used. The screenplay is a worthy idea but it is all a bit too neat and tidy to be totally convincing. Part of the NZFF 2015.
Gamer (2009): There were some interesting segments but there were also too many "action" segments which were just boring as their ilk had been done so many times elsewhere.
Black Sheep (2006): Achieves the right degree of silliness in the script and in the over acting.

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Tubbs’s Film Reviews