The trailer for the upcoming comedy film General Education hit the web yesterday. It appears to be an indie, but is lacking any kind of edge. It also appears to be a comedy, but without any noticeable laughs. I am confused about the market for this particular movie. The film chronicles Levi Collins’ (Chris Sheffield) read the article »
The point of using horror films as allegory, political or otherwise, is twofold. There are the obvious benefits of allegorizing, which allow you to disguise your intentions using coded language, cinematic or otherwise. And then there’s the genre sledgehammer, which comes down with righteous anger, coating the topic in sticky gore, surrounding it with stacks read the article »
Director Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, In The Name of the Father, In America) once again ponders the intricacies of family, love and masculinity in a compelling character drama. Remaking the 2004 Danish film Brødre, Sheridan and screenwriter David Benioff (The Kite Runner) faithfully translate Susanne Bier’s original film, while reworking it into the story read the article »
French actor-turned-director Guillaume Canet impressed with his debut, Tell No One, but this follow-up is self-indulgent tosh French film-maker Guillaume Canet scored a mammoth hit with 2006?s high-concept Tell No One, and then promptly suffered a crisis of faith and a bout of depression. His response is a grand act of unbottling, a personal cri-de-coeur, read the article »
Check out the new artwork for Mike Birbiglia’s Sundance NEXT winner “Sleepwalk With Me,” which translates the comedian’s successful 2008 standup routine into a film about a longterm couple who, like a shark, must either keep swimming or die. The full poster is below. Review roundup is below and Birbiglia’s original “Fear of Sleep” audio read the article »
Once in a while, in the midst of hundreds of movies talking about meaningless lives and pointless obsessions comes a movie that is far greater than just a masterpiece. I had heard a lot about this debut movie of Pan Nalin, the list of awards it was bestowed and critical acclaim it received. Frankly once read the article »
Hit & Run has a clear, entertaining vision and is made with a strong, unique voice, something missing from too many films these days. It is not quite a great film, but it is a very good one, and I absolutely recommend it as one of the most satisfying cinematic experiences of the summer. I read the article »
Plagued by frightening occurrences in their home, Kelly (Ashley Greene) and Ben (Sebastian Stan) learn that a university’s parapsychology experiment produced an entity that is now haunting them. The malevolent spirit feeds on fear and torments the couple no matter where they run. Desperate, Kelly and Ben turn to a paranormal researcher (Tom Felton), but read the article »
A lean and efficient action thriller, Premium Rush is a nuts-and-bolts B movie delivers its cheap thrills without pretense or apology, and after a summer of lackluster movies punctuated by big-budget comic book spectacle, it’s downright refreshing. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (The Dark Knight Rises) stars as Wilee, a law school drop-out working as a daredevil bicycle read the article »
More like, why even begin? The only thing one will take away from this 85 minute scamper is that Jesse Eisenberg and Melissa Leo know how to act. Well that, and Tracy Morgan solidifies that he is hit-or-miss in onscreen comedies. Eisenberg plays a quirky piano savant who has a major tryout in just a read the article »