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This Weeks Movie Reviews: Don't Come Knocking Directed by Wim Wenders. Written by Sam Shepard. Cinematography by Franz Lustig. Music by T-Bone Burnett. Starring Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange, Tim Roth, Eva Marie Saint, Sarah Polley, Fairuza Balk and Gabriel Mann. Sony Pictures Classics, 2006. R. 122 minutes. There's a telling moment near the beginning of Don't Come Knocking, the new film by Wim Wenders and Sam Shepard. Howard Spence (Shepard), an aging actor with a knack for debauchery, finds a scrapbook in his mother's apartment. It's Howard's life as seen through the tabloids, and it's one sordid event after another. Each page brings Howard closer to the present, where it seems he's just moments from a nervous breakdown. But if anything, Howard looks fatigued by the clippings, not upset as one might expect. Read more...
Poseidon Directed by Wolfgang Petersen. Written by Mark Protosevich. Based on the novel by Paul Gallico. Starring Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Jacinda Barrett, Emmy Rossum, Richard Dreyfuss, Mike Vogel and Mía Maestro. Warner Bros., 2006. PG-13. 99 minutes. What do you want from your disaster movies, your big-budget epics, your action flicks? The answer to this question is probably indicative of your response to Poseidon, Wolfgang Petersen's remake of 1972's The Poseidon Adventure. Should you dare to want cool effects, taut plotting, decent acting, snappy dialogue and interesting, sympathetic characters, you had best look elsewhere. Poseidon's stars are game and its effects are sometimes stellar, but otherwise, the big ship flounders. Read more...
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