The Pink Panther 2 is a tragedy of massive proportions. It stars Alfred Molina, Andy Garcia and Jean Reno. These actors are much better than this. It’s a remake of The Pink Panther series, which thanks to Peter Sellers are some of the funniest movies ever. Those movies are better than this. And it stars [...]
Most of the time, a film has no real plot whatsoever but the film itself ends up being great fun, and a really good movie. Which makes Defiance something of a curiosity. It has the great story and actors. But the execution is where it falls stiff. Defiance has some moments of greatness, but the [...]
Kate Winslet once said, playing herself in the mockumentary TV series Extras, that whoever stars in a Holocaust film automatically wins an Oscar. Which makes it a bit ironic that she has finally won an Oscar, starring in The Reader, a Holocaust film. I only say ‘a bit ironic’ because she truly delivered the best performance of the [...]
It’s no secret I was less than pleased with this year’s nominees. Mild bitterness aside, allow me to give my predictions for the Academy Awards. (I was 7 for 8 in the big categories last year!)
Best Picture:
Oughta Win: Milk
Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director:
Oughta Win: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Will Win: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor:
Oughta Win: [...]
I have stayed silent for too long. Two months ago, I wrote a review on a film entitled Frost/Nixon. I dismissed it as entertainment, a film that wouldn’t touch an Oscar. I said the film was nothing special, that it would be forgotten soon…
Two months, $10 million, and 5 Academy Award nominations later, apparently I [...]
The Wrestler is not a happy film. Or one with much action, or much of a plot. There’s no big pay-off at the end, no twist or happy ending. But there’s so much that it offers in between. Not only is is the best film of 2008, its one of the best of the decade.
Randy ‘The [...]
By Pete Cunningham
Pete Cunningham’s Blog, Word on the Street
Posted: February 9, 2008
Wunderkind Ryan Michaels, 12, was honored Friday, Feb.6, by the Michigan Press Association as the youngest-ever recipient of a professional journalism award. As I’m sure you all know by now, Ryan writes movie reviews for the Saline Reporter and Milan News-Leader of Heritage Newspapers, [...]
By Pete Cunningham, Special Writer
Saline Reporter, Milan News-Leader and the Oakland Press
PUBLISHED: February 5, 2009
Journalists from across the state will convene Friday at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids for the Michigan Press Association’s 2009 Winter Convention. Among the event’s attendees will be Gov. Jennifer Granholm, various state legislators and some of the [...]
By Pete Cunningham
Michigan Press Association, The Bulletin
Meet Ryan Michaels. Ryan Michaels is an award-winning journalist who does movie reviews for Heritage Newspapers, Inc. Ryan’s reviews are printed in the Saline Reporter and the Milan News-Leader, published online and occasionally broadcast over the Internet. read Pete’s article
Leo and Kate team up for the first time since Titanic, in the 1950’s surburan drama Revolutionary Road. It has the pedigree, the great ensemble, and the impressive set design to become a true masterpiece. Instead, it settles for a decent movie that still feels like it could have much, much better.
They play a suburban [...]