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Amitabh Bachchan \ Carey Mulligan \ F. Scott Fitzgerald \ Isla Fisher \ Joel Edgerton \ Leonardo DiCaprio \ Tobey Maguire
“The Great Gatsby” Movie Review
By Victoria Alexander, Film Critic Las Vegas Informer Maguire open-mouth stupefaction dominates, Mulligan is miscast, and DiCaprio does his best to save his dignity. The Great Gatsby – written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1921 – is one of America’s great novels. Oh really? First and foremost, the narrator, Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire)*, dominates the [...]
Ben Kingsley \ Gwyneth Paltrow \ Jon Favreau \ Robert Downey Jr.
“Iron Man 3″ Movie Review
By Victoria Alexander, Film Critic Las Vegas Informer Stupid and messy. The Most Beautiful Woman in the World has to go. Pepper must take “Happy” with her. You cannot put a movie star in a mask. We all know that a legion of stunt men wearing tights are leaping around tall buildings. You cannot put [...]
Anthony Mackie \ Dwayne Johnson \ Ed Harris) \ Mark Wahlberg \ Michael Bay \ Rebel Wilson
“Pain & Gain” Review
By Victoria Alexander, Film Critic Las Vegas Informer Michael Bay delivers a terrific, violent, funny heist movie. Wahlberg once again throws himself into the role without movie star ego. He’s fabulous – as it seems – always. I learned a lot about bodybuilders. No hackneyed robots! “PAIN & GAIN” is based on a true story [...]
“K-11″ Movie Review
By Victoria Alexander Las Vegas Informer Who knew there was a special K-11 inmate division for LGBT criminals to run the dormitory, take drugs, dress up and have sex with the guards? What is not to love here? It’s about she-men in jail ruled over by Mousey, played to the hilt by the insanely charismatic [...]
“Trance” Movie Review
By Victoria Alexander, Film Critic Las Vegas Informer Convoluted and deliciously twisty but worth even a second viewing. I’ve been placed under hypnosis and it’s not like this at all. Why isn’t Vincent Cassel a huge star in the U.S.? Simon (James McAvoy) is a fashionable star fine art auctioneer. He explains the high-tech security [...]
Lily Tomlin \ Michael Sheen \ Paul Rudd \ Sonya Walger \ Tina Fey \ Wallace Shawn
“ADMISSION” Movie Review
By Victoria Alexander, Film Critic Las Vegas Informer Tina Fey’s first big blunder. Cavalier and flippant regarding serious issues. Sloppy directing, terrible acting. Where is Helen Hunt when you need her? Portia Nathan (Tina Fey) has some mommy-daddy issues. Her feminist mother Susannah (Lily Tomlin), sporting a Bella Abzug tattoo, proudly keeps reminding her Princeton [...]
“The Call” Movie Review
By Victoria Alexander, Film Critic Las Vegas Informer Thrilling, then it goes Hollywood stupid and then the best ending ever! Berry’s hair co-stars and chews the scenery. Jordan Turner (Halle Berry) is a 911 operator in L.A. This 911 center is called “The Hive” and the degree of technological skill displayed is reassuring. Let’s hope [...]
“The Incredible Burt Wonderstone” Movie Review
By Victoria Alexander, Film Critic Las Vegas Informer Jim Carrey walks off with the movie and he knows it. My bona fides: I live in Las Vegas, formerly the domain of Siegfried and Roy, now the Cirque du Soleil fiefdom. My husband and I are friends with many mentalists, illusionists, and magicians: alchemist and master [...]
“Jack the Giant Slayer” Movie Review
By Victoria Alexander Las Vegas Informer Fee-fi-fo-fun! Singer has cleverly re-interpreted the fairy tale saving Jack’s reputation. I saw “JACK” in IMAX 3D and it was lots of fun. But if you are waiting to hear “Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman,” or see, as I was, the goose that lays the golden [...]
Arnold Schwarzengger \ Eduardo Noriega \ Forest Whitaker \ Jaimie Alexander \ Johnny Knoxville \ Kim Jee-woon \ Luis Guzman \ Peter Stormare \ Zach Gilford
“THE LAST STAND” Movie Review
By Victoria Alexander, Film Critic Las Vegas Informer He’s not back quite yet. We don’t expect acting from Arnold Schwarzengger. We want to see a man with the determination of The Terminator. We certainly do not want to see him as a successful, highly-paid executive with a beautiful wife, children and a maid. With a [...]
