http://www.dustinputman.com/ The latest film reviews from Dustin Putman, DustinPutman.com (TheMovieBoy.com). en-us Copyright 2010, DustinPutman.com dustin@themovieboy.com (Dustin Putman) patrick@themovieboy.com (Patrick Jennings) http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/a/10_american.htm http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/a/10_american.htm (3 Stars/Out of 4) - "The American" is so quiet, so still, and yet so tonally intoxicating that even the sudden sounds of a gun silencer and a sputtering Vespa motor are enough to make the viewer jump edgily in his or her seat. The journey taken by Jack/Edward as he walks among the stucco buildings, curving stairways, mountainous slopes and ancient architecture is meditative and dreamlike, an elegiac wanderlust. http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/g/10_goingthedistance.htm http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/g/10_goingthedistance.htm (3 Stars/Out of 4) - Blossoms due to its exceedingly appealing pairing of stars Drew Barrymore and Justin Long. No one coming to see "Going the Distance" will be surprised that it leaves them in an upbeat mood, but what is unexpected is how it arrives at this point, pure and true. This might be the most honest and accomplished romantic comedy so far this year. http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/10_machete.htm http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/10_machete.htm (2.5 Stars/Out of 4) - "Machete" is inconsequential, violently inventive, and proud to be sleazy. An orgy of hot babes, rugged men and blood-strewn weaponry, the picture has been made with giddy, people-pleasing aplomb. Those in the right frame of mind for a modern-made '70s B-movie throwback won't be able to resist. It's everything the lugubrious, loathsomely self-serious "The Expendables" was supposed to be, but wasn't.