Written Film Reviews
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Movie Review: “John Dies At The End” – Bill and Ted’s Bad Trip
From the mind of Don Coscarelli, the eclectic pseudo-visionary whose movies never quite live up to their premises, comes “John Dies At The End”. It’s a horror/sci-fi/comedy that melds B-movie cheese with drug-induced psychotic surrealism…
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Movie Review: “Gangster Squad” – As Tired as Nolte Looks
The title “Gangster Squad” definitely sounds like a lame reimagining, or at most a parody, of a time period where “gangsters” meant dudes in slick backed hair with tommy guns and suave suits. And guess…
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Movie Review: “Rust and Bone” – Raw and Beautiful
Jacques Audiard’s drama, “Rust and Bone” is a devastating and quiet film that portrays the human body and soul as something made of equal parts fragility and strength. Audiard directs the camera to capture the…
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Movie Review: “Zero Dark Thirty” – A Slow Burning Manhunt
Just in time for awards season comes a depiction of what the film has labeled “the greatest manhunt of all time”. Kathryn Bigelow’s latest foray into the War on Terror follows a CIA team’s lengthy…
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Movie Review: “Hyde Park on Hudson” – Bait Bait Bait!
There’s a difference between a “Capote” and a “Patch Adams”. A difference between a “Lincoln” and a “J. Edgar”. “Hyde Park on Hudson” sadly finds itself in the company of the latter. It’s awards season,…
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Movie Review: “A Late Quartet” – A Grand Composition
I’m willing to bet many of you have heard the phrase ‘music is my life’. For some, it’s a passing phrase which holds no real depth other than the fact that it sounds nice. Yet…
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Movie Review: “Parental Guidance”- “KIDS TODAY WITH THEIR RAP MUSIC!”
The raven cries “Pray! Pray! Pray for the end of days!” Death. Life. Life is spent in opposition to death, and yet, without its twin, life would have no meaning. Death is the road we…
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Movie Review: “Amour” – Mesmerizing Mundanity
So often in mainstream cinema we see examples of films that swing for the fences, striving for magnificence with complex narratives, incredible computer graphics, epic locations and star-studded casts. Yet often these most ambitious of…
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Movie Review: “Les Miserables” – Les Awesome
“Les Miserables” is a musical based off of a French novel by Victor Hugo. The play is a classic and has finally been adapted for the screen. The story takes place in early 19th-century France…
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Movie Review: “Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away” – 3D Captures Imagination
In my past reviews I’ve been critical of the 3D movie fad. Capitalizing on the success of “Avatar”, studios began seeing the profit potential of 3D movies and decided to convert films in the post-production…
