REVIEW: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
The video-gaming culture that has shaped the lives of my generation has never been so vibrantly alive as it is in “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World,” a movie with as much frenetically spontaneous action as...
View ArticleREVIEW: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Back in 2008, Timur Bekmambetov came bursting onto the Hollywood stage with “Wanted,” a badass hitman thriller that both excited and entertained because the director seemed to understand a few things...
View ArticleREVIEW: Smashed
Finding comedy in alcoholism and recovery, two notoriously heavy subjects that hit close to home for many audiences, is no easy task. “Smashed” is hardly a gut-buster or a laugh riot, although a...
View ArticleREVIEW: Kill the Messenger
Michael Cuesta’s “Kill the Messenger” plays like an “All the President’s Men” for an era of the lone eagle rather than the journalistic tag team. Jeremy Renner stars as muckraking journalist Gary...
View ArticleREVIEW: Faults
Don’t believe the marketing – “Faults” is NOT a cult movie. The film is, however, a story a pathetic middle-aged man, Leland Orser’s Ansel, looking to pull a quick swindle by “deprogramming” the...
View ArticleREVIEW: 10 Cloverfield Lane
I scarcely remember anything that happened in 2008’s “Cloverfield,” though I will never forget the nausea-inducing vertigo its constant shaky-cam gave me. I have a vague recollection of seeing the...
View ArticleREVIEW: Alex of Venice
“Alex of Venice” is the filmic version of the kind of “sad comedy” that thrives on a basic cable or streaming service. Perhaps, after binging five hours, it would feel like a satisfying, whole portrait...
View ArticleREVIEW: Swiss Army Man
For what was likely the better part of a decade, I spouted off the line “Better out than in, eh?” from the movie “Shrek” without really knowing what it meant. The maxim refers to passing gas, of...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Hollars
Sundance Film Festival With a tender blend of comedy and drama, solid work from a big ensemble cast comprised of some surprising players as well as an acoustic-heavy soundtrack, John Krasinski’s “The...
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