Posts Tagged ‘Adrien Brody’
Film Review – Ghosted
Ghosted (2023) has the kind of glossy artificiality of an amusement park stage show. There are plenty of explosions, shoot outs, and death-defying stunts, but there’s never a moment we are not aware that everything is a simulation. There is no tension because we don’t believe…
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Film Review – See How They Run
See How They Run (2022) is a fun little murder mystery, even when it gets too clever for its own good. The “whodunnit” storyline is a tried and true premise. It allows for a large cast of characters to interact with their conflicting personalities. Of course,…
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Film Review – Blonde
There are moments in Blonde (2022) where Ana de Armas so closely resembles Marilyn Monroe that I had trouble distinguishing between the two. She so fully inhabits the legendary star that it is uncanny. de Armas is the anchor of writer/director Andrew Dominik’s impressionistic biopic. Based on Joyce Carol Oates’ novel, the film…
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Film Review – Clean
The title of Clean (2021) operates on several different levels. Not only is it the name of our lead character (played by Adrien Brody), but it acts as the central metaphor of his entire existence. “Clean” has lived a life of violence and tragedy – spending his days…
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SXSW Interview – Adrien Brody – Stone Barn Castle
Spencer interviews subject Adrien Brody from the documentary Stone Barn Castle at SXSW 2015.
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Film Review – Third Person
I think a lot about what makes a film successful. I’m not talking about money; I’m talking about what makes a film work. There are a lot of crappy-ass movies that I really like and think work pretty well even though they aren’t great pieces…
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M. Night Shyamalan – Video Podcast #259
In honor of the release of After Earth, Spencer and Ben Kendrick (Screen Rant/a>) discuss M. Night Shyamalan.
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It Is What It Is: Part Three – Narrative and Originality in Predators
Predator is one of the best action films ever made. It’s got Schwarzenegger in his prime, a young and ambitious John McTeirnan at the helm, Carl Weathers, Jesse Ventura and a seven-foot invisible monster. Boy, they don’t make them like that anymore… Firstly, you should…
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