December 16, 2011, - 4:40 pm
Wknd Box Office: Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Young Adult, The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
Sad to say, but the new Tom Cruise movie is really the only good new movie at the box office, this weekend. I already reviewed “Shame” (read my review). Here’s my take on the rest:




* “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol“: Before this, I’d never seen any of the “Mission: Impossible” movies, and you don’t have to, in order to enjoy this movie and follow what’s happening. It’s filled with action, suspense, physical fights with bad guys, fantastic feats (too fantastic to believe, but still cool to watch, nonetheless), car chases, and excitement.
I could have done without the gratuitous, if brief, inclusion and promotion of anti-Semitic, anti-Israel Dubai and its Burj Al-Khalifa skyscraper hotel. It wasn’t necessary, and considering Dubai’s anti-Semitic, anti-Israel travel apartheid (you can’t go there as a Jew, if you have an Israeli passport or Israeli stamp in your passport), it’s a disgusting whitewash of Islamic bigotry. On the other hand, it wasn’t exactly the greatest promotion of the Gulf state, given that it looked like a miserable place to live because of brutal sandstorms. Read the rest of this entry »
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