Mark Reviews Movies - Film reviews and criticism by Mark Dujsik

I Know What You Did Last Summer	I Know What You Did Last Summer cannot escape its past, because it doesn't want to. That would require some kind of thought and effort.	Shari & Lamb Chop	Nothing offered by this documentary is more compelling or enlightening than the footage of Lewis performing.	Cloud	Cloud ends with a lengthy sequence of chases and shootouts, but they mean something here—as the absurd but logical end to both the plot and film's thematic concerns.
The Banished	The Banished doesn't seem interested in building tension. Instead, the movie attempts to force it upon us.	Saint Clare	Beginning with a sense of righteous vengeance and anger, Saint Clare becomes increasingly gimmicky, uncertain, and unsteady in its aims.	Unicorns	The third act appears to exist solely to let as many obstacles and complications as possible emerge or resurface.

Eddington

Here is a political satire and a neo-noir thriller and an incisive examination of its protagonist that is, with all of that other stuff set aside, a farcical comedy of errors.

Smurfs

Smurfs tries so hard to appeal to assorted trends that its defining characteristic is that, well, it's trying too hard.