The Film Mutates Upon Critical Re-assessment
The other night, I watched the Marvel mutant prequel X-Men: First Class. This was the first time I’d seen it si...
DIRECTED BY ANDRES MUSCHIETTI/2013
Guillermo Del Toro has a hit or miss record on horror movies he has produced without directing. He produced the deeply fla...
Rewarding Tension is Uncovered in Best Foreign Film Nom
DIRECTED BY NIKOLAJ ARCEL/DANISH, ENGLISH, GERMAN, FRENCH/2013 (U.S. theatrical release)
A woman put...
DIRECTED BY JACQUES AUDIARD/FRENCH, ENGLISH/2012
Rust and Bone is a movie about loss. And what you can gain in your loss. Maybe not the most original story, ...
Movies I have yet to see:
Zero Dark Thirty, Life of Pi, Cloud Atlas, Silver Linings Playbook, The Sessions, and probably some others.
Honorable Ment...
40 Minutes Too Long, at Least!
To be fair, I haven’t yet seen Funny People, but of the three Judd Apatow-directed films I have seen, This is 40 is most ...
Haunted Houses are Family Affairs in this Documentary
DIRECTED BY MICHAEL STEPHENSON/2012
Documentary filmmakers usually come from two places: 1) skilled fi...
And my story on Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson is such a fascinating person, both as an athlete and a historical figure. I find myself to be obsessed with his...
