Maybe it’s too violent, too harsh, a bit rough around the edges. Maybe director Tony Kaye‘s methods aren’t always very subtle, maybe the film’s kind of preachy. Forget all that hooey for a second and…
Date Archives 2014
Amos & Andrew
Andrew Sterling has it all. He’s happily married, he’s well-endowed, he won the Pulitzer, and he even made the cover of Forbes! And now, he just bought a big nice house on a suburban island….
Observe and Report
“I believe every man has a path laid up before him. My path is a righteous one. I’ve been chosen to be the protector. In these dark times, the world has no use for another…
Sleepless in Seattle
I really love Nora Ephron. Really really love her work, most especially her Meg Ryan trilogy, from the amazing “When Harry met Sally…” (which she wrote for Rob Reiner to direct) to “Sleepless in Seattle”…
Definitely, Maybe
Ryan Reynolds slowly seems to be withdrawing from starring in brainless slapstick comedies; a move that is undoubtedly much appreciated. He already showed great skill in John August’s mystery thriller “The Nines,” and now…
Dead Silence
A spooky dummy and the vengeful ghost of a ventriloquist make one mean combination in the very accomplished “Dead Silence”, the second film from Saw director James Wan. Working with much of the same…
The Day After Tomorrow
Every scientist agrees that if we keep burning up fuel carelessly, eventually global warming will get so bad that it’s gonna be buh-bye, mankind. Usually, the image we have of that is boiling oceans and…
2016 log (12)
(25 Nov-4 Dec) Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016, Amy Sherman-Palladino & Daniel Palladino) [ “Gilmore Girls” is one of my favorite series of all time in part because unlike some, I…
War of the Worlds
Clouds fill the sky. Dark clouds. Full clouds. Angry clouds. Lightning hits. And hits. And hits. It seems like it’ll never stop until… it stops. A beat. The ground starts to shake, quake, break… BOOM!…