Action · Adventure · Drama · Spotlight Feature
Before the film franchise, Superman was the comic that DC Comics struggled to adapt for a new generation. Richard Donner’s 1978 classic, “Superman: The Movie”, brought the comic to life in grand fashion, but since then, any attempts to re-adapt the comic into a successful film franchise have failed (see (continued…)
“Now You See Me” is what summer movies are all about: fun, energy, likeable stars and suspensions of belief. Directed by Louis Letterier, “Now You See Me” tells the story of four magicians (Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco) who pull off a series of elaborate heists through (continued…)
“The East” is a movie at a crossroads about people on the same crossroad. Directed by Zal Batmanglij, “The East” stars Brit Marling (who also co-wrote the film) as a former FBI agent turned operative for a private security firm—which represents major pharmaceutical companies—who infiltrates an anarchist collective called the (continued…)
Richard Linklater’s “Before” series is probably the most unlikeliest of trilogies. Starting in 1995, “Before Sunrise” was a lovely movie about love at first sight and a day adventure with two strangers (Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy) as they got to know each other and had interesting—and somewhat pretentious—conversation. It (continued…)
With the first “The Hangover” film, Director Todd Philips stumbled on a monster mega-hit that took the buddy frat-boy comedy and added never-seen-before originality to it. The story of 3 friends on a bachelor party trip to Vegas, getting blackout-wasted and having to retrace their steps in order to find (continued…)
n a lot of ways, Baz Luhrmann (“Romeo + Juliet,” “Moulin Rouge!”) is the perfect person to bring the decadent, extravagant, yet ultimately meaningless life of rich excess portrayed in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s literary classic to life. In his latest “classic tale with a modern twist” or “classic tale but (continued…)
Film & Animation · Film in Review
By nature, best-of-the-year lists are a ubiquitous, pointless and a somewhat silly tradition. Why do you need someone to tell you what was good and what wasn’t in a given year? You and you alone are your own judge and arbiter of taste. Still, the role of critics in culture, (continued…)
Sigur Rós comes from a land of picturesque mystery, where extremes of nature are both prominent and prevailing. In their native Icelandic tongue, they urge for a dire return to the most essential of human feelings. You might not be able to understand their language, but you can understand their (continued…)
With magical undertones and a splendid heart reminiscent of Tim Burton’s “Big Fish” or Robert Zemeckis’ ”Cast Away,” Ang Lee’s “Life of Pi” takes you on a metaphysical voyage. The film, adapted from the surrealist novel by Yann Martel, begins with Pi Patel as an adult, who tells the story of his youth (continued…)
Filmmakers love the listless, amorphous depression that seems to coat the American suburbs and their hapless residents. It’s laid on thick in the opening scene of Julian Farino’s feature film debut “The Oranges,” as Vanessa Walling (Alia Shawkat), poses the film’s driving conflict in an ironic Daria monotone: “The question (continued…)
There’s a difficulty with “Looper” — the newest film from writer/director Rian Johnson — just as there’s a difficulty in the fallacy of time travel. It’s a messy and often convoluted difficulty, yet somehow, it works; both the science and the film. “Looper” stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Joe, the titular (continued…)
Like a shot of hard bourbon, “The Master” is a tough film to swallow — but one that’s meant to be. And that’s, in part, what makes the film so terrific. In this gorgeously presented intense character study of two enigmatic and deeply flawed individuals, Paul Thomas Anderson employs a (continued…)
“The Words” is the worst kind of ridiculous movie. It’s the kind that’s a convoluted, asinine mess, mercilessly begging to be taken seriously. From the incredibly flawed storyline, to the ominous tone, the film asks to be looked at as a captivating thriller despite not having the intellect to sell (continued…)
At its best, “Premium Rush” is a genuinely fun movie that could have been incredibly mediocre had it not been for the always-stellar casting of Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Michael Shannon. At its worst, it’s just painfully average and unexciting; a typical high speed chase movie— except on bikes! The unfortunately (continued…)
Who’s excited about Stephen Chbosky’s anticipated film, “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”? We certainly are. And to get you even that much more excited, we have an awesome opportunity to not only see the film, but to also participate in a special Q&A session following the film with author/director, (continued…)
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