REVIEW: 2012
Director Roland Emmerich gets a lot of grief for making so many disaster-oriented movies. I must say I’m glad that he doesn’t listen to these critics because he is the best there is at making these...
View ArticleOscar Moment: 2013 Pre-Fall Festival Predictions
Well, folks, the time is here to talk about Oscar season. The Venice Film Festival kicks off tomorrow, and suddenly it won’t be taboo to talk about what might be competing for the Academy Awards. Just...
View ArticleOSCAR MOMENT: Final 2013 Predictions! (Part 1)
Well, folks, hard to believe that we’ll have a fresh batch of Oscar nominations in less than 2 days. Where has the time gone? Seems like just yesterday that I was posting my first (and, sadly, my only)...
View ArticleREVIEW: Z for Zachariah
In Craig Zobel’s last film, 2012’s “Compliance,” the director showed the collapse of civilization and social order in a situation where tremendous external stress agents forced people into making...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Martian
Since he burst onto the scene with 1997’s “Good Will Hunting,” Matt Damon usually seems to play some version of that titular character. He’s had many a memorable movie and role in his decades-long...
View ArticleREVIEW: Secret in Their Eyes
Remaking a movie from another language requires more than just translating the dialogue. When done right, a complex series of subtle changes must take place to transplant the story across cultures....
View ArticleREVIEW: Triple 9
John Hillcoat’s “Triple 9” makes for quintessential tough cinema – and in more ways than one. It’s hard-edged in content as a brutal crime plot breaks out in the Atlanta underworld but also somewhat...
View ArticleREVIEW: Doctor Strange
There are so many movies of the VFX-driven variety, most of which have interchangeable and ultimately forgettable spectacles. Films that feel as if they want to try something new, or head into...
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