Movie reviews from Tyler Wilson, film critic at the Coeur d’Alene Press.
You didn’t ask, but I’m going to tell you anyway. The late great film critic Roger Ebert kept a regular column, “The Movie Answer Man,” to respond to all the questions he received from curious readers. The Coeur d’Alene Press doesn’t field quite as many film queries, but we love pretending to be the size […]
If you asked a critic: Summer softie and Disney desperation Read More »
Trying to appease all types of fans and regular moviegoers, the new “Ghostbusters” film, subtitled “Frozen Empire,” introduces a half-dozen decent ideas and fails to deliver on any of them. Without divulging spoilers, “Frozen Empire” assembles 12 different characters for a finale in which only two of them have anything to do. Everyone else just
Review: Overstuffed ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ fails to justify its existence Read More »
The Coen Brothers make movies unlike most everything on the market. Even then, their filmography can be splintered into distinct flavor types, from something as gripping and serious as “No Country for Old Men” to the absurdist worlds of “Raising Arizona” and “The Big Lebowski.” After the release of their Western anthology film, “The Ballad
Review: ‘Drive-Away Dolls’ a diverting, ‘Diet-Coen’ road movie Read More »
We’re in the process of uploading Tyler’s 20+ years of movie and pop culture articles over here to Old Millennials Remember. The CDA Press Newspaper isn’t … the best at archiving or making it easy to find past articles. Here’s a sampling of some that we haven’t fully moved over yet. Enjoy! https://cdapress.com/news/2024/jan/27/if-you-asked-a-movie-critic-oscar-nominations-unstoppable-oppenheimer-more/ A ‘Marvels’
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The country’s most bitter rivalry escalated during the production of a little film called “The Fate of the Furious,” the 18th entry (probably) in the muscle-car-manly-muscles franchise. It’s in theaters today, and stars Vin Diesel and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson have been noticeably separated on the film’s massive publicity tour. The beef: Johnson got tired
Cage Match: Diesel versus The Rock Read More »
Tom Cruise’s sci-fi adventure, “Oblivion,” arrives on home video this week, and its story similarities to Pixar’s “WALL-E” has triggered another installment of America’s third favorite Coeur d’Alene Press recurring entertainment feature – Cage Match! The protagonists of both “Oblivion” and “WALL-E” are tasked with cleaning up the mess left by apocalyptic calamities. In “WALL-E,”
Cage Match! Cleaning up Earth Edition Read More »
The threat of identity theft is a relatable concern. Being chased by hillbilly bounty hunters and violent criminal organizations is considerably less likely. That’s the kind of antics Jason Bateman must face in “Identity Thief,” a broad and overfamiliar comedy that follows the outline of “Planes, Trains and Automobiles.” Bateman does what he does best
Consistency derails ‘Identity Thief’ Read More »
At times pulse-pounding and exhausting in detail, “Zero Dark Thirty” is an essential piece of filmmaking and a punctuation mark on a grim decade in American history. Whether it’s an exclamation point or question mark is open for interpretation. The movie follows Maya (Jessica Chastain), a CIA agent who commits 10 years to gathering information
‘Zero Dark Thirty’ a thrilling dive into contentious history Read More »
Vampires, fire skulls and Katherine Heigl are responsible for an assortment of Dumpster-worthy movies in 2012. But consider the silver lining – many of the people involved in these train wrecks found success in other, better movies this year. So don’t cry for Channing Tatum or Abraham Lincoln until we run down the best movies
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Both Quentin Tarantino and Judd Apatow serve as important voices in the modern cinema landscape. Nobody makes movies quite like they do, so any new release, however flawed or overlong, is worthy of attention. “Django Unchained” may be Tarantino’s most structurally conventional movie of his career. Aside from a few flashbacks and abrupt shifts in
Great directors make good movies – ‘Django’ and ‘This is 40’ Read More »
