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Film Review – Bachelorette
The new raunchy comedy from writer/director Leslye Headlund, Bachelorette, can be a frustratingly manic-depressive experience for the viewer. On the one hand, this is a comedy with some strong on-screen talent, such as Kirsten Dunst, Lizzy Caplan, Isla Fisher, Rebel Wilson, Adam Scott, James Marsden,…
READ MOREBlu-ray Review – Umberto D.
There is a lot of foreign cinema that I’m unfamiliar with, and I’m embarrassed to say that there are many movies from neorealist master Vittorio De Sica that I haven’t seen. Luckily I was given the opportunity to check out the Criterion Blu-ray release of…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Words
The ownership of artistic worth and the nature of truth itself are the weighty topics at the core of the new film The Words. Written and directed by frequent character actor Brian Klugman, this film gives serious emotional weight to the act of artistic creation…
READ MORESTIFF Film Review – On Falling
Have you ever been the only sober person in the room when everyone else is high? And do you notice how fascinating all the stoners find themselves, but how in your sober estimation they get to be deadly dull? Well, that’s the same experience you…
READ MOREFilm Review – For a Good Time, Call…
Ah, the ideal roommate. Tidy. Respectful of your privacy. Understands the importance of T.P. upkeep. If you’ve ever had a roommate (and I’ve had a few), you know to consider camaraderie a bonus. After all, it’s not like she ever drunkenly doused you with a…
READ MOREFilm Review – Robot & Frank
It is not often that I’m really pleasantly surprised by a movie. Between receiving too much information from trailers and the fact that most films seem to be retelling the same story, it makes finding something different that much more exciting. Somehow the film Robot…
READ MORESchlock Shelf – Doomed To Consume
Doomed to Consume (2006) starts out like a first-person shooter game, killing zombies POV with a shotgun in the woods. Very motion-sickness inducing. Flash to a kitchen with knocked-over chairs, and then to a cornfield. A redheaded girl is in a house lounging around in…
READ MOREFilm Review – Lawless
Somewhere inside of John Hillcoat’s Lawless (2012) is a good movie, maybe even a great one. The ingredients are there: good acting, fine direction, impressive production values – everything you could ask for. Nick Cave wrote the screenplay and helped compose the music, and the…
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