Well, this one made me wish we could revisit the Hayes code for a day or two, just to clean up the mess. Here we have a film where the protagonist is a sociopathic criminal […]
review – the imitation game
The tagline on the first teaser poster accurately summarized its plot succinctly: “The true enigma was the man who cracked the code.” His name was Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) and from the beginning, he was […]
review – foxcatcher
If you want a clear indication that the industry’s lost touch with the average movie-goer, consider the praise being heaped on this lumbering lump of a movie. This is a predictable story told thinly and […]
review – ‘all relative’
With a premise that almost at once rings as being a deep vein to mine comedy from, writer / director J. C. Khoury seems to rather skim the surface instead. The first third of […]
‘Midnight Rider’ Creators Settle Wrongful Death Suit
Apparently the assholes that were trying to produce “Midnight Rider” have managed to pay off the family of the deceased Sarah Jones, a camera assistant on the aforementioned Gregg Allman biopic, who was killed during […]
review – the homesman
As a writer-director, Tommy Lee Jones has an enduring attraction for the rugged west. He went there in 2006 for his directorial debut, “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada;” now he’s back with a western […]
Zac Efron Poised To Escape Being ‘Zac Efron’?
Okay, let’s just face it…when you think “Zac Efron”, what comes to mind? Do you picture Oscars, powerful performances, roles right alongside some of Hollywood’s biggest and brightest? I don’t know about you, all I […]
Oscar nominated scribe tapped to adapt ‘The Goldfinch’
Oscar nominated scribe tapped to adapt ‘The Goldfinch’ under the roof of the Brothers Warner. Peter Straughn (‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’, ‘The Men Who Stare At Goats’) has been called upon to adapt the Pulitzer […]
Arri Alexa On “Elementary”
Working with ALEXA: ELEMENTARY Recently renewed for a third season, ELEMENTARY is a U.S. crime drama series that puts a contemporary spin on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes characters, with Lucy Liu playing a […]
PANAVISION ROLLS OUT PRIMO 70 LENSES
PANAVISION ROLLS OUT PRIMO 70 LENSES AT CAMERIMAGE | Panavision. BYDGOSZCZ, POLAND (November 13, 2014) – Panavision, the company behind the world’s best cinema lenses for 60 years, is showcasing their new line of Primo 70 […]
LAFR Independent Film Awards Announced
Welcome to the 2015 Los Angeles Film Review Independent Filmmaker Awards! We here at LAFR love film and filmmaking, and the vast majority of our editorial staff have either previously, or still do work in […]
review – ‘jessabelle’
Why bother with something original when you can just mash little bits of this and that and arrive at something that might put a few butts in the auditorium style seating? And here, writer / […]
Black Magic Drops Fusion 7 For FREE
Blackmagic Design Revolutionizes the Visual Effects Industry with Fusion 7. Fremont, CA – November 10, 2014 – Blackmagic Design today announced that Fusion 7, the world’s most advanced visual effects and motion graphics software, is […]
review – interstellar
In a movie filled with A-list talent, the biggest name here is one whose face is never on screen. This is a “Christopher Nolan movie” and once again, he and his brother Jonathan have written […]
review – the theory of everything
What an amazing performance. This is not so much a movie as it is a magic show in which Eddie Redmayne completely vanishes – slowly — and Stephen Hawking appears in his place and Eddie […]
review – big hero 6
Disney owns both Pixar and Marvel and so it may have only been a matter of time before Walt Disney Studios made a single movie combining the sensibility of the first with the action orientation […]
Arri on “John Wick”
ALEXA XT on JOHN WICK Keanu Reeves plays the title character in JOHN WICK, portraying a former hit-man who is drawn back to his past life after being violently attacked in his own home. Directed […]
review – john wick
This is one hyper-violent movie. It’s also fragmented and choppy with unexplained and unrealistic sequences that go nowhere. Most images are so dark they’re difficult to see; many are so bloody they’re difficult to watch. […]
review – gone girl
I loved the book and the movie follows it closely — but this movie version is way, way too long. The story twists and turns, but throughout, nearly every scene could be trimmed – and […]
review – the judge
This movie is not nearly as good as it deserves to be. With A-list talent both on screen and behind the scenes, this should crackle with humor and human drama. Instead, the story wanders, the […]
‘Guardians of the Galaxy” on Alexa XT
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY One of the most critically and commercially successful films of 2014, Marvel Studios’ GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY relays the adventures of a disparate group of intergalactic misfits, on the run […]
review – a walk among the tombstones
Liam Neeson is a kind of likeable “everyman.” Every year, in recent times, he makes a small, tight action movie in which he rescues himself, his wife, his daughter — or some combination — from […]
review – ‘honeymoon’
First time director Leigh Janiak has made herself a tight little indie horror film. Debuting earlier this year at SXSW, ‘Honeymoon’ features Rose Leslie (Game of Thrones) and Harry Treadaway leading a familiar, ‘cabin in […]
The Look of “Fargo”
Inspired by the Coen brothers’ 1996 film of the same name, FARGO is an Emmy® Award-winning U.S. comedy drama series about a hapless insurance salesman in northern Minnesota who gets drawn into a world […]
review – the drop
This is the patient person’s crime thriller. It’s slow, deliberate, measured, fragmented in its approach. Characters emerge from the shadows, surrounded by silences. Everything starts in a reflection. The film takes its time to set […]
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