As far as period piece spy thrillers go, director Guy Ritchie’s "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" stands near the top of the genre.
Charlie Countryman is a beautifully photographed, masterfully acted, and completely frustrating mess of a film. After the death of his mother, Charlie (Shia LeBeouf), is told by the woman’s ghost that he should to go to Bucharest. The drug-addled, wayward youth jumps at the chance to follow his mother’s wishes and books a seat on a plane to a city he’s less than familiar with. Once on board, he be...[Read More]
This Means War might be fighting a losing battle with its $70 million budget. The film does its very best to appeal to both men and women, action for the boys, and silly love story for the girls. The comedy was fair, the action was fair and the love story plot was also fair. Where this movie did excel was in the incredibly hot cast. Reese Witherspoon has never looked better as Lauren, the love int...[Read More]