Articles Posted by Brent Holmes
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Movie Review: “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”
When you have eliminated the spectacle—whatever remains must reveal the quality of the film. The final confrontation between Sherlock Holmes and James Moriarty takes place over a chess match wherein the two characters start dictating…
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Movie Review: “Life, Above All”
Not quite above all. Oliver Schmitz’s Life, Above All is a film in denial of its own conventions. It is a film largely about the AIDS pandemic that tries to be a heart-warming story about…
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Movie Review: “An Insignificant Harvey”
Hardly insignificant An Insignificant Harvey is an independent Canadian film that premiered at the Buscan International Film Festival in South Korea and has since gone on tour across Canada. Jordan Prentice, who some may recognize…
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Movie Review: “Happy Feet Two” (in 3D)
The kids are alright, just unmanageable The original Happy Feet was one of only two films to ever beat out a Pixar film for Best Animated Feature; despite sinking in its third act, it was…
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Movie Review: “J. Edgar”
It is essentially a fact of life that Clint Eastwood makes damn good movies; this is not one of them. Since he started directing and producing, Eastwood’s films have all been fairly solid films. They…
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Movie Review: “Higher Ground”
Vera Farmiga’s directorial debut takes the high road. Higher Ground is Vera Farmiga’s directorial debut and an incredibly mature film. Following Corrine (played by Taissa Farmiga as a youth and Vera Farmiga as an adult)…
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Movie Review: “Beginners”
The year is 2011. This is what good movies looked liked. Beginners is the driest of comedies. It is a film that deals with relationships and death in a 21st century way. It is a…
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Movie Review: “The Tree of Life”
By Brent Holmes A perfect film. Terrence Mallick’s The Tree of Life is perhaps one of the most ambitious films made in quite a while. The Palme D’Or winner is nothing short of vast and…
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Movie Review: “The Three Musketeers”
By Brent Holmes The Three Musketeers in 3D Like A Christmas Carol, Sherlock Holmes, or any Jane Austen novel, The Three Musketeers is one of those stories that somehow has justified getting several adaptations per…
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Movie Review: “Melancholia”
Review by Brent Holmes Controversial director Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia is a visual masterpiece. Watching it on off a laptop from a downloaded bit torrent is a galactic sin. Much like his previous work, Antichrist, Trier’s artistry is…
