Here is a summary of the films reviewed on today’s show:
Despite its tenuous logic and other flaws, X-Men: Days of Future Past is a very enjoyable picture. The movie may not have the emotional or thematic weight of X2 or First Class but it is frequently spectacular and highly entertaining and it does manage to pull this series together, even if it does so for the purpose of negating most of it.
The Railway Man has a few very good performances and the movie does tell a compelling story. The filmmakers’ approach to the narrative is flawed and ultimately causes the movie to miss the point but there is enough right about The Railway Man to merit a mild recommendation.
Those who fondly recall movies like The Wedding Singer and 50 First Dates will find at least a pleasant diversion in Blended but there’s no getting around the fact that it’s not a very good movie.
In the Company of Men is not an easy film to watch but the emotional punch of the movie is exactly why it works as well as it does. The controversy that the film sparked in 1997 may have been a sign of how close this film was to its mark and the parts of it that are upsetting are also the most illuminating.
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