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Sunday, February 26th, 2012My Week with Marilyn dir. Simon Curtis Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Judy Dench, Eddie Redmayne Three and a half out of Five Stars Like so many awards season films, My Week with Marilyn is a confounding mixture of fantastic performances and muddled cinema. The performances make the entire film, but the plot itself is really [...]
Malick’s Tree of Life is an Overindulgent Mess
Saturday, February 25th, 2012Tree of Life dir. Terrence Malick Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain Two out of Five Stars Close your eyes. Now imagine that writer/director Terrence Malick (this guy) is walking up to you holding a revolver in his hand. It’s dark, there’s no one else around… it’s just the two of you. You’re paralyzed, not [...]
The Rush to the Oscars… A Better Life is nearly indescribable
Friday, February 24th, 2012A Better Life dir. Chris Weitz Demián Bichir, José Julián, Dolores Heredia Five out of Five Stars A touching film about a hot political issue that doesn’t make a statement about it, A Better Life (check out the trailer) is a wonderful film about making dreams come true, becoming someone, and hitting rock bottom. It [...]
Polanski’s Carnage is a fantastic slap in the face
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012Carnage dir. Roman Polanski Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Christoph Waltz Four and a half Stars out of Five Going in, the excellent trailer makes pretty clear the way the plot is going to unfold, and in even that, one can imagine precisely what the film will be trying to say. In browsing [...]
Oh crap, the Oscars are this Sunday!! … Tinker, Tailor, Soldieee….zzzzzzzzzzz
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy dir. Tomas Alfredson Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, John Hurt, Tom Hardy, Mark Strong Three out of Five Stars On the way to the theater (or the Redbox, as it were), make sure to pick up some 5-hour energy before deciding to sit through Tomas Alfredson’s dreadfully sluggish Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy [...]
The Artist is a brilliant and dazzling homage to Hollywood
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012The Artist dir. Michel Hazanavicius Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell Five out of Five Stars The Artist takes a step back in time to a different age- filmed entirely in black and white, and is 99% silent. In a Hollywood where every explosion has to be bigger, dialogue is crammed in and [...]
The Ides of March… Beware of Reality
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012The Ides of March dir. George Clooney Ryan Gosling, Philip Seymour Hoffman, George Clooney Three and a half out of Five Stars If there is anything good to be said about The Ides of March, it’s that it isn’t at all a bad film. It is certainly interesting, and entertaining, and a good way to [...]
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