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Today’s DVDs: Mall cop, one-eyed Tom Cruise
Only a DVD selection like the one today could prompt a headline like that.
My Bloody Valentine: Not being much of a horror maven, I skipped this one, but heard it was fairly OK. Question: Is it worth watching flat?
Paul Blart: Mall Cop: THIS made $146 million? Wow. Some people are easy. To give the movie its due, it’s much better than its asinine ads, mainly because it’s pretty well impossible to root against an actor as appealing as Kevin James. He makes the title character very likable, which helps up to a point, but I didn’t laugh much because I could see nine out of 10 gags coming a mile away. I just can’t get into most movies made by Adam Sandler’s company, Happy Madison, AKA Films by and for People Who are Perpetually 12 Years Old. GRADE: C
Valkyrie: People scoffed when they saw Tom Cruise with the eyepatch, but the movie performed better than most expected at the box office, and for good reason: it’s a solid if unexceptional thriller about a real-life inter-Nazi rebellion. Cruise is solid, and the action is well directed by Bryan Singer, who casts a good eye for period detail. However, the screenplay by Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander is a bit aloof, in that it never delves into the characters enough to make the viewer forget that the conclusion is foregone. GRADE: B
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