“Mud” is a tale of elemental things — falling in love, and putting your faith in others, and spending summer days with your best friend when you’re fourteen years old. It moves slowly, carefully, laying […]
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review – ‘ginger and rosa’
“I don’t want to die,” Ginger (Elle Fanning) says at one point in this quietly-insightful film. “I want to grow up and do things.” What Fanning is “growing up” to do here is to deliver […]
review – ‘the call’
The sound you hear is my heart still pounding in my chest. This is what a tight script, taut direction, tension-building editing, and a two-thirds-terrific – and sometimes terrifying – movie looks like. There is […]
review – ‘oz the great and powerful’
How good could a movie be if five different men received at least partial credit as directors – and nineteen writers contributed to the screenplay? And, what if the most evil and imposing character in […]
review – ‘identity thief’
Director Seth Gordon’s last movie was the very funny ‘Horrible Bosses.’ This one is just horrible. In fact, at what seemed like the five-hour point in this not-quite two-hour film, I seriously thought about leaving […]
10 Reasons Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters Is Secretly Great – CinemaBlend.com
10 Reasons Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters Is Secretly Great – CinemaBlend.com. Uhm, what? No, see, if it’s great, it’s not a secret. Everyone would instantly recognize that it’s “great”. Different strokes for different folks […]
review ‘parker’
What a long, boring, predictable, time-wasting piece of nonsense. What is this Parker guy about anyway? He says: “I don’t steal from anyone who can’t afford it and I don’t hurt anyone who doesn’t deserve […]
“Django Unchained” Film History Lessons | Hey U Guys
A Guide to the Film References in Django Unchained. When I first saw the headline, I thought “psh, everyone knows Tarantino ‘borrows’ heavily from other films that few besides film dorks know about”. But, then I […]
review – ‘quartet’
There is a sense of reverence, respect, and charm to this movie, a feeling that age and accomplishments should be remembered and celebrated. In this, his directorial debut, Dustin Hoffman has gathered a number […]
review – ‘les miserables’
Director Tom Hooper’s vision of Victor Hugo’s classic ‘Les Miserables’ is a delight to watch. Wonderfully cast, the film is sweeping in scope and beautifully rendered, befitting the grandeur of Hugo’s words. The depth of […]
review – ‘zero dark thirty’
Alright, I’m just going to say it right now. I didn’t care for this film. At all. I’ve read the reviews, I realize the accolades are flowing and yet, I still found this movie to […]
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