This is glorious and tough to watch in equal measure. Glorious in its visuals. Tough in that you are watching a journey into a depression…and no one can help. (more…)
Sumptuously photographed philosophical discussion about aging, art, relationships, et al. All the things people like to wax poetic about.
If there is a story structure, its hidden well beneath the eccentric characters (more…)
If Michael Bay and Zack Snyder didn’t have the market cornered on style over substance, Stephen Sommers would be hanging around that corner. However, (more…)
Well, here you go ladies, it’s the movie you’ve all been waiting for. No, not 50 Shades of Grey, that’s not until next February. The OTHER movie, Gone Girl. (more…)
The X-Men was created as a metaphor for the bigotry and fear-based hatred we see in the world — aimed at a race of people for their differences. (more…)
At a time where summer movie audiences expect to be bombarded with action, fast-paced cutting, and slim stories, along comes Godzilla with a lot of hype behind him. However… (more…)
Marvel Studios has managed to do what many others have failed to do: continue to refine their niche and get better at it. There certainly have been some Marvel stinkers in the past. And as off track as Iron Man 3 was from a (more…)
War films are best when they aren’t about massive attacks between thousands of men. With those, you see the scope of the damage, but you lose any personal connection with any one person. The best are the small stories. That’s what war is, a (more…)
South By Southwest’s opening evening began with Jon Favreau introducing his new film “Chef” with a story about how he decided that he needed to tell this small, and very personal tale (more…)