Revisiting the Late Director's Major-Studio Zombie Comeback
Upon his recent passing, the time is right to represent my original opening weekend review of Georg...
Documentary Goes Into The Belly Of LA's Early Punk Scene
Film #17: The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)
Director: Penelope Spheeris
From the fall o...
"The Past Isn't Dead. It Isn't Even Past."*
Film #14: Stories We Tell (2012)
Director: Sarah Polley
One of the tasks of adulthood is to sort out what we ...
Gay Rights Film Is A Failure On Every Level
DIRECTOR: ROLAND EMMERICH/2015
Let’s have a brief moment of sympathy for Roland Emmerich: a gay man himself, he at...
This Revolution Burns Out Before It Ever Catches Fire.
DIRECTED BY FRANCIS LAWRENCE/2014
JIM TUDOR: “They’ll either want to kill you, kiss you, or be you!”...
Why This Sequel Can't Quite Rise
DIRECTED BY MATT REEVES/2014
It takes a lots of chutzpah to make, market, and deliver a highly anticipated visual effects dri...
As the Next APES Prequel Dawns, We Look Back at the Previous Entry
In anticipation of this week’s coming release of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, here’s my o...
Everything Is Awesome!
This weekend marks the big-screen debut of Lego, those addictive Danish blocks we’ve all been playing with for the past several decades,...
Trampled Underfoot In England
DIRECTED BY CLIO BARNARD/2013
Every afternoon, as they were coming from school, the children used to go and play in the Giant’...
Good Intentions Don't Hide the Flaws
DIRECTOR: ROTIMI RAINWATER/2013
It’s hard to review a movie like Sugar honestly without feeling like a heel. The direc...
