Female Film Critics 24/375
Director Martin Owen’s film Twist has three elements going for it. First, good heist films will offer clever caper planning and split-second, dazzling execution. Second, updated adaptations of iconic novels, here Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist, can delight with imagination interpretations. And third, there’s the always reliable, distinguished British actor Michael Caine. But, sadly, Twist strikes out on all three counts.
Read more
Gunpower Milkshake is proof that you can have five talented, compelling actors acting the hell out of themselves and it still won’t make up for a one-dimensional derivative script. I’d still crawl through teargas to see Karen Gillan, Lena Headey, Angela Bassett, Michelle Yeoh, and Carla Gugino in an assassin sisterhood, but it’s a real disappointment they didn’t have a script that could leverage their combined star power and thespian skill.
Read more