Posts Tagged ‘Nick Offerman’
Film Review – Civil War
The title of Civil War (2024) is a little misleading. The film does take place during a fictional scenario in which a section of U.S. states broke off and entered armed conflict with the rest of the country. But to say that this is about war, or…
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Film Review – The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
The LEGO Movie (2014) came as a kind of revelation. Here was a film that was – in essence – a feature length commercial for the LEGO building blocks toys. Yet under the guidance of the writing/directing team of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, we…
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Film Review – The Little Hours
The randy soap operas contained within Bocaccio’s The Decameron do not introduce new concepts. Women at the mercy of their desires and cravings is a struggle poor men have dealt with since the Garden. What’s really scary is when they conspire towards an inverted type of procreation, channeling that sexual…
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SIFF Interview – Sam Elliott & Brett Haley – The Hero
Spencer Fornaciari interviews actor Sam Elliott and co-writer/director Brett Haley from the dramedy The Hero at SIFF 2017.
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SIFF Film Review – The Hero
In director Brett Haley’s new film The Hero, which featured at the Seattle International Film Festival, Sam Elliott plays Lee Hayden, a 71 year-old actor at the end of his career. He’s still doing commercials – and with that voice why wouldn’t he – but…
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SIFF Double Feature – The Man and Infinity Baby
The Man: Directed by Charlotte Sieling, The Man tells the story of Simon Brahe (Søren Malling), a world-famous Danish painter with a solid career, a beautiful wife, a workshop full of assistants to bring his ideas to life, a much-younger lover Lai, and a son…
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Film Review – The Founder
Knowing only of director John Lee Hancock‘s history of treacle-infested biopics (The Blind Side, Saving Mr. Banks) and next to nothing about McDonald’s “founder” Ray Kroc, I walked into The Founder sure I’d be seeing a sparkly piece of glorified Americana. And while the sock-hop…
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Film Review – A Walk in the Woods
Living an authentic life has been a goal for writers and artists forever. Shedding the artifice of modernity to connect with the world around us can both inspire and help create perspective. Probably more hiking and camping trips have been inspired by the works of…
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