Articles Posted by Brent Holmes
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Movie Review: “Blue Like Jazz”—The Tenth Circle of Hell
There is a section in Donald Miller’s autobiographical novel “A Million Miles in A Thousand Years” where Miller reflects on the process of writing a film adaptation of “Blue Like Jazz.” There is a general…
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Movie Review: “Bernie”—Morbid in Show
This review and the attached trailer contain spoilers. “Bernie” is a fascinating film that blurs the line between documentary and mockumentary, comedy and tragedy, and reality and fiction. The film follows the true story…
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Movie Review: “The Lady”—Boring Bloody Biopics
Aung San Suu Kyi is the democratically elected leader of Burma, who spent most of the past 20 years under house arrest by the Burmese military dictatorship. If you knew this already from a…
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Movie Review: “Hysteria”—Not so good vibrations
“Hysteria” is a hysterical comedy about the invention of the vibrator. While truth is normally stranger than fiction, “Hysteria” imagines a version of 1880’s Britain that is historically inaccurate in the extreme through the all-too-common…
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Movie Review: “The Deep Blue Sea”—An Angry Young Woman’s Film
During the post World-War II era, British literature and film developed an angry young men narrative which featured young working class men who rebelled against societal norms. While from a film structure, “The Deep Blue…
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Movie Review: “Iron Sky”—You don’t know the power of the dark side…of the moon
Warning: This review does contain minor spoilers. “Iron Sky” is similar to “Osombie” in the preposterous nature of its premise. Over 60 years before Newt Gingrich could dream of a moon colony, the Nazis…
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Movie Review: “Osombie”—Call of Duty: Modern Zombies
There is a scene in one of the episodes of “Community” where several of the characters get together to make fun of really bad movies. While most of the group are able to crack hilarious jokes…
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Movie Review: “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen” — Hook, Line, and Stinker
“Salmon Fishing in the Yemen” is one of those feel-good comedies that it is easy to get hooked on, but if you are planning to have a meal, this fish has more bones than meat.…
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Movie Review: “Mirror Mirror”
Skin as white as snow, unibrow as black as night, and lips red from the blood of the original. Hollywood really can not resist beating its own lack of originality to death. In this year…
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Movie Review: “Game Change”
When did history start getting written by the losers? After the success of The Social Network, it seems that any cultural figure is fair game to make a movie about—regardless of whether or not they…