http://www.dustinputman.com/ The latest film reviews from OFCS and WAFCA member, Dustin Putman, DustinPutman.com. en-us Copyright 2012, DustinPutman.com dustin@themovieboy.com (Dustin Putman) patrick@themovieboy.com (Patrick Jennings) http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/b/12_battleship.htm http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/b/12_battleship.htm (2 Stars/Out of 4) - Nationwide - Without any feelings of wonder and certainly not enough outward horror to be scary, "Battleship" readily loses its way, the cornball dialogue calling all the more negative attention to itself. As is, all we have is standard Big Hollywood fare, as creatively lazy as it is technically competent. http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/b/12_beyondtheblackrainbow.htm http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/b/12_beyondtheblackrainbow.htm (3.5 Stars/Out of 4) - Select Cities - "Beyond the Black Rainbow" is imperfect, but gloriously so, creating, in its own way, a new, exciting, disorienting, unsettling, and long-overdue filmic language. When 2012 is over, it will stand apart as a motion picture not quite like any other. http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/12_dictator.htm http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/12_dictator.htm (2.5 Stars/Out of 4) - Nationwide - Sacha Baron Cohen is a fearless actor, never ceasing to impress with how far he'll go to sell his characters and their personas. When "The Dictator" wants to make a point, it does. When it doesn't, it moves steadily between strikingly clever and disappointingly immature. http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/e/12_entrance.htm http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/e/12_entrance.htm (3.5 Stars/Out of 4) - Select Cities & VOD - The banal, ritualistic aspects of our lives creepily beget paranoia and outright terror in "Entrance," a rapturous display of just how very unforgettably effective a film can be that's been shot in twelve days on a budget of $6,000. Proving that small of means does not equate to slight of impact, the film is a shrewdly distressing knockout. http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/w/12_whattoexpect.htm http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/w/12_whattoexpect.htm (2 Stars/Out of 4) - Nationwide - Exactly what most audiences will be expecting. It's safe, obvious, and kind of vanilla. The best that can be said about "What to Expect When You're Expecting" is that it's an agreeable way to spend 110 minutes--preferably at home on a rainy day, with expectations appropriately tempered to "eh."