Tagged with Russell Crowe

Review: The Nice Guys, 2016, dir. Shane Black

Review: The Nice Guys, 2016, dir. Shane Black

What a stinker I am, all not loving this new Shane Black film that everyone else is losing their minds over. If you go see The Nice Guys, adjust your expectations first. Black’s film speaks to genre nostalgia and period nostalgia, and it rides on two great performances by its leads; it’s the kind of movie that … Continue reading

Review: The Water Diviner, 2015, dir. Russell Crowe

Review: The Water Diviner, 2015, dir. Russell Crowe

“Watching Russell Crowe’s directorial debut, The Water Diviner, there’s a sense that in another era the film might have been a vehicle for a Gary Cooper or Errol Flynn type. It’s a modern movie that’s decidedly old-school, unapologetically melodramatic and epic in both the scope of its story and the scale of its production—that the … Continue reading