Film critic Ed Symkus on NECN

Title: Film critic Ed Symkus on NECN

Published: Fri, 18 Sep 2009

Description: (NECN) - It's Friday and that means one thing -- new movies are hitting the theaters! So, if you are looking to catch a new flick this weekend, listen up! NECN film critic Ed Symkus joins NECN with his reviews and a look ahead at movies t...

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" I mean yes you can you take down the bad guys that are obvious OK I. Tell them. -- cooperating with the government yeah. Yeah I know I got -- and I'm just asking you guys to come -- be okay. --"

" I think the corporate cultures gonna change a little bit I guess he's no."

" Is that's got back of there that's got Dracula and elsewhere to McHale who's on soup -- users. This is a third straight forward true serious story about a guy -- whistle on big come food conglomerate. Steven Soderberg the director decides turn to comedy. And he totally succeeded this -- Matt Damon plays. Well he plays the whistle blower. Who really wants to climb up in the company thinks maybe the way to do it is to get rid of his bosses maybe that's what this is all about. Com he becomes a spy with the FBI why senator wants all but. The odd thing about this movie is the soundtrack as one of the -- things because the soundtrack here is like James Bond music that's only going on that demons head. And with things are going well for him here happy -- sixty's sitcom music only doing on his -- a score by Marvin Hamlisch. -- Damon put on thirty pounds for the throat could notice he looks a little chunky little choppy -- bad week or bad mustache that loud neckties I don't know why anyone would a lot of neck. Problem and not suspect it was it was -- both smothers Brothers show up for a little while and it. Lots of surprises in the stories are because it's from the serious film director Steven Soderbergh traffic can make shape he made the ocean's eleven series. Made this to -- and it's very funny and a little -- candidates have a good worker smothers Brothers appears that a movie like this only goes up and don't know -- All right now the burning plane we're gonna take a look at this one as we talk about this is -- drama from a Mexican director Guillermo Arriaga who is that right or up to this point and he wrote the very serious multi -- twenty programs and apple he wrote and directed this one. And it starts as a title suggests with a fire out on the plane that house trailer. We find out that the couple who was in this who died in this trailer on the all about them and we find out about their families in the different relationships. Between them -- very complicated story. That actually approaches soap opera territory. I'm very well acted Charlize parent isn't this can basing -- and a gentleman and watching Dow made up. Kept on recognizing could trigger a white is a bad guy with the Baghdad 24 years ago most of us serious. This is about infidelity and irresponsible parenting and mother daughter relationships and father daughter relationship is about people looking for love. And very very twisty turns story lines. Some people in the autism like to know the Charlie's Theron does -- nude scenes in the movie echo really ethical and emphasized that as a solid and greedy piece of -- Right so those two that we just -- that came out -- coming out today and next we were gonna look at quickly what once that you -- the Toronto film I just came back from Toronto that would tell 171. Film shine -- my goodness I don't visit Tallahassee thirteen of well that's pretty -- are lots of interviews. Let's take a look at a little bit of the invention of --"

" And messages Anthony is coming up with in the hours if you get up the courage to fire him if he can't he -- that that. And hands and this is not to do -- well -- told everyone you're getting fired this week and they shouldn't expect their calls returned so -- left a message okay. Next to a bit of the country."

" Type your message just a constant under aren't -- almost definitely getting --"

" I like this little Tina Fey and that's like yesterday I wrote directed stars in it it's about an alternate world this is an open for a couple -- an alternate world has no concept of lying. And when somebody does figure out how media can lie and get ahead things go a little bit. Upside down it's very interesting concept Jennifer Garner their drugs problem I really hit -- good yes good test that really we're just gonna take a look at that what you think that this -- again they're not out yet not yet we'll -- in the vehicles that I such as the based -- the -- McCarthy. -- but father son surviving and post apocalyptic world. I just -- rim book and movie nailed it absolutely vehicle Morton's and stars and with the young boy whose name forgotten lot of other cameos are very grim very good. Amazing photography I wanna tell people that. If you see the trailer on television. It is quite misleading it's not quite what this movie is it's better than in the trailer I really okay three and finally a serious man was and other when you saw that you liked and again -- yet -- the Coen brothers' new movie it's about. Growing up Jewish in the midwest in 1967 which the Collins did a very personal films very briefly about a man whose life is falling apart. He's never thought about safe before now he tries to find safe. For some rabbis but there not much help -- like a bomber but it's a very very funny movie mostly unknown cast. Those are those -- like and I just wanted to name two titles of movies that you can avoid a -- if they come harder look at great. Great titles trash Harper's. Take with that -- a -- you want and the other movie is called bitch slap he's showed at Toronto film -- they have a little bit of everything in Toronto. I guess we're talking about the but -- thanks so much for being here in you refuse it's always great to welcome."

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