Giovanni Ribisi

You know the storyline all too well. A retired criminal must commit one last big crime before he can get out of the game for good. Countless authors and filmmakers have used this handy plot device, some more effectively than others. The bad news for Contraband, Mark Wahlberg’s latest film, is that writer Aaron Guzikowski and director Baltasar Kormákur have pumped too many tiresome clichés into thi...[Read More]

At one point in Bruce Robinson’s adaptation of Hunter S. Thomspon’s experiential novel The Rum Diary, a turtle with jewels glued to its shell catches the sight of American journalist Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp) – the animal is a metaphor for the wanton avarice of the tax-evading businessmen luring Paul into a scheme, but it also serves as an apt description for this pretty but slothful take on Thompso...[Read More]