‘Arts’ Archives
Stand Up Guys
Stand Up Guys Stand Up Guys (2013) ** 1/2 Al Pacino as Valentine “Val” Christopher Walken as Doc Alan Arkin as Richard Hirsch Julianna Margulies as Nina Hirsch Mark Margolis as Claphands Katheryn Winnick as Oxana Vanessa Ferlito as Sylvia Addison Timlin as Alex Lucy Punch as Wendy A first time for Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, and Alan Arkin appearing in the same movie. At moments these three geezers muster some funny stuff but all-in-all “Stand Up Guys” is amateurish, in turn, lays at the feet of screenwriter Noah Haidle and perhaps at Director Fisher Stevens feet as well. The Viagra jokes are excessive and the repeats at the brothel are tedious. Val (Al Pacino) has just ended  28 year sentence in prison meeting long-time pal Doc (Christopher Walken) outside the prison gate. Val”'s been imprisoned for refusing to snitch on one of his criminal associates. [...]
Top 10 Movies for 2012
By Howard McQuitter February 2013 will be 12 years since I”'ve been with The Alley Cat.
Lincoln & Silver Linings Playbook
Lincoln Lincoln (2012) ****1/2 Cast: Daniel Day Lewis (Abraham Lincoln), Sally Field (Mary Todd Lincoln), John Hawkes (Robert Latham), Jackie Earle Haley (Alexander Stephens), Tommy Lee Jones (Thaddeus Stephens), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Robert Todd Lincoln), Michael Stanton Kennedy (Hiram Price), Jared Harris (Ulysses Grant), Hal Holbrook (Francis Preston Blair), John Hutton (Senator Charles Summer), Gloria Reuben (Elizabeth Keckley). (PG-13) Running time: 150 minutes. Director: Steven Spielberg. Writer: Tony Kushner. There”'s something special about “Lincoln” even though it”'s been done in film before, Spielberg”'s Daniel Day Lewis swallows the Lincoln character whole like nobody”'s business. In the advent of Spielberg”'s “Lincoln”, Daniel Day Lewis”' Lincoln has a conversation with two Black Union soldiers; one of the men complains about the lower pay for Black soldiers compared to white, absence of Black [...]
