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Film Review – Miami Connection
Let’s play a game. Imagine yourself as a financier, looking to make your big break into the movie business. One day, a person walks into your office claiming to have the best idea for your next project. You sit back and listen intently. With a…
READ MOREFilm Review – Flight
Most stories, when boiled down, circle around one important question: “Who am I?” That is the crisis the main character struggles with in Robert Zemeckis’s Flight. It has been twelve years since Zemeckis helmed a live action film, with his last being Cast Away (2000).…
READ MOREFilm Review – Pusher
Luis Prieto’s Pusher (2012) is a remake of Nicolas Winding Refn’s directorial debut of the same name. Advertisements make that painfully clear, as his name is plastered all over the posters and trailers. I liked Refn’s film just fine, but I didn’t love it. It…
READ MOREFilm Review – Secret of the Wings
Every day is a chance to learn something new. Today I learned about the “Disney Fairies” franchise. When J.M. Barrie created the world of Peter Pan and Never Land, he gave limited information about the Fairies. In an attempt to build upon and expand the…
READ MOREFilm Review – Paranormal Activity 4
Another year, another Paranormal Activity film. At this point, if you aren’t sure what to expect walking into this, then you must have been living under a rock for the last few years. With this latest entry in the series, the aptly titled Paranormal Activity…
READ MOREFilm Review – Seven Psychopaths
In 2008, writer/director Martin McDonagh made In Bruges. This was a smart and unique film that was both dramatic and comedic in equal measure. It was so well done that it earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. With his latest, Seven Psychopaths…
READ MOREFilm Review – Shit Year
The difficult thing about trailers today is that they often don’t properly represent what a movie is about. That is not the case with Cam Archer’s Shit Year (2010)—what you see is what you get. As I write this review, I’m still trying to digest…
READ MOREBlu-ray Review – In the Mood for Love
The nice thing about The Criterion Collection is not only that they choose interesting titles to add to their ever growing catalogue, but that they also take care of the films that are already in it. This month brings the Blu-ray upgrade of Wong Kar-wai’s…
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