3 Movies

Posted on June 24, 2012 by markinaustin

Moonrise Kingdom.  Only slightly surreal comic instant mini-classic.  Two 12 year old first time actors are delightful as the central players.  Surrounded by Bill Murray and Frances McDormand, the girl’s parents, lawyers who call each other “counselor”; Ed Norton as the boy’s scoutmaster, Bruce Willis as the town cop, the Englishwoman Tilda Swinton as “social services”, and Harvey Keitel as the scouting commander, the two kids have a misadventure-and-romance-on-the-hike on a New England island in the mid 60s, while the adults search for them.  It is identifiably Wes Anderson, if you know his stuff, especially Rushmore.   A

Bernie.  Not to be confused with Weekend with Bernie.  Linklater presents the true story of a murder in Carthage, TX.  It is the funniest murder pseudo-documentary you will ever see, with Shirley McLaine as the town’s hated banker and eventual victim and Jack Black, in what could be an award winning role, as the town’s beloved assistant funeral director and murderer.  Matthew McConnaghey plays the D.A. and a retired lawyer I have known since law school, Brady Coleman, plays the defense attorney.  But not to be missed are the actual citizens of Carthage, TX, who  provide continuing commentary as the story unfolds.  As one of them explains, Carthage is behind the “Pine Curtain” in east TX – the part of TX  that is in the South.  A-

MIB3  I loved it.  It cannot be critically reviewed.  Tommy Lee Jones.  B  Must see for fans like me.

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  1. lmsinca, on June 24, 2012 at 9:17 am said:

    Thanks Mark, the first two sound like fun and I like the actors in them so we’ll probably see both of those. I’m not that much of a MIB fan but I’m sure we’ll watch on TV at some point. I love Tommy Lee Jones but am not a Will Smith fan.

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