Featured Reviews
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Oscars Watch: 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards
Sam Mendes is solidifying his Academy Award win with the Director Guild awarding him with the top honors in directing this year. Add to that multiple Golden Globe wins and the Producers Guild’s top honors, and the film is sweeping the big deciders heading into the Oscars.
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Oscars Watch: 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominees
“Parasite” wins the Screen Actors Guild Ensemble Award and suddenly, the Best Picture landscape for the 92nd Academy Awards is much tighter. “1917” may have cleaned up at the Golden Globes and PGA Awards, but “Parasite” winning here definitely puts it back in the conversation. The individual acting awards, however, seemed more than locked, as all four are exactly who have been sweeping the awards season.
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Oscars Watch: 31st Annual Producers Guild of America Awards
You can officially place “1917” in the frontrunner spot for Best Picture at the 92nd Academy Awards. Not only did it win big at the Golden Globes a few weekends ago, but now it has won one of the biggest predictors for the Best Picture winners, winning the Producers Guild’s biggest honors, beating out the likes of “Joker,” “The Irishman,” and “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.”
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Oscars Watch: 70th Annual ACE Eddie Award Nominees
“Parasite” and “Jojo Rabbit” were honored by the American Cinema Editors with their annual ACE Eddie Awards. Both films are nominated for an Academy Award, so this could mean they’ll be the ones to beat for the Oscar.
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New Trailer: Morbius — Official Teaser Trailer #1
Biochemist Michael Morbius tries to cure himself of a rare blood disease, but he inadvertently infects himself with a form of vampirism instead.
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2020 Oscars Challenge: [1] Les Misérables (France) — Best International Feature Film
It might share the same name as the musical, but trust me when I tell you there’s no singing or dancing in this “Les Misérables.”
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Oscars Watch: 92nd Academy Awards Nominations Predictions Scorecard
Out of the 124 Academy Award nominations announced this morning, I was able to predict 89 of them correctly, putting my percentage at 72% correct. How did everyone else do?
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Oscars Watch: 92nd Academy Award Nominees
John Cho and Issa Rae announced the 92nd Academy Award nominees this morning from the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. The big winner was “Joker,” receiving the most nominations with 11 total. “1917,” “The Irishman,” and “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” all received 10 nominations while “Jojo Rabbit,” “Little Women,” “Marriage Story,” and “Parasite” all received six nominations each. ABC will host the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, February 9.
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Oscars Watch: 25th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards
Despite having fourteen nominations, “The Irishman” only took away one award from the 25th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards. “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood,” on the other hand, had twelve nominations was able to win four including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.
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Oscars Watch: 92nd Academy Awards Nominations Predictions
My super last minute predictions for the 92nd Academy Awards nominations, announcing Monday, January 13th, 2020 at 5:18 a.m.
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Oscars Watch: 7th Annual Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards
“Bombshell” takes the major awards at the 7th Annual Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards, while “Joker” and “Downton Abbey” take one a piece.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Music City Film Critics Association Awards
Cutting into the “Parasite” winning streak, tally up another win for “1917,” having been awarded Best Film by the Music City Film Critics Association.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Georgia Film Critics Association Awards
“Parasite” continues to flex its supremacy, this time with the Georgia Film Critics Association Awards, winning Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Foreign Language Film.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Alliance Of Women Film Journalists Awards
Even the Alliance Of Women Film Journalists are honoring “Parasite” with their Best Film category, along with Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Non-English Language Film.
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Movie Review: Underwater (2020)
“Underwater” helps start 2020’s year of films off right. When January often feels like the dumping ground for terrible movies, having a solid sci-fi entry surprise like this one is a breath of fresh air.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Hollywood Critics Association Awards
Following its big wins at the Golden Globe Awards, “1917” takes another win from the Hollywood Critics Association, along with Best Action/War Film, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing.
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New Trailer: Birds of Prey — Official Trailer #2
After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroes Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 GALECA's Dorian Awards
“Parasite” continues its sweep of the Awards Season, winning Best Film of the Year and Best Director of the Year along with Best Supporting Actor, Best Foreign Language Film, and Best Screenplay of the Year at GALECA’s Dorian Awards.
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Oscars Watch: 13th Annual Cinema Eye Awards
“American Factory” wins Outstanding Achievement in NonFiction Feature Filmmaking and Directing at the 13th Annual Cinema Eye Awards. “Apollo 11” and “Honeyland” take some technical awards while “For Sama” and “The Cave” sharing the Outstanding Achievement in Production. All of these are still on the shortlist for the Academy Awards.
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Oscars Watch: 18th Annual Visual Effects Society Award Nominees
As we get closer to the Academy announcing their nominees for the 92nd Academy Awards, it has grown more apparent that we will soon likely be calling “Alita: Battle Angel” an “Academy Award-nominated” film.
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Oscars Watch: 72nd Annual Directors Guild of America Award Nominees
On the same day that Oscar ballots are due to be turned in, the Directors Guild have announced their five nominees for Best Theatrical Director, including the surprise inclusion of Taika Waititi for his work on “Jojo Rabbit.”
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Austin Film Critics Association Awards
The Austin Film Critics Association continue the sentiment of this end of the Awards Season, awarding “Parasite” with Best Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, and Foreign Language Film.
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Oscars Watch: 31st Annual Producers Guild of America Award Nominees
The Producers Guild named the ten nominees for their PGA Award, including Award Season favorites like “1917” and “Joker,” “The Irishman” and “Marriage Story,” and “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” and “Parasite.”
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Oscars Watch: 73rd Annual British Academy Of Film And Television Arts (BAFTA) Award Nominees
Ella Balinska and Asa Butterfield were on hand this morning in London to announce this year’s nominees for the annual BAFTA Awards. “Joker” came out the big winner, garnering eleven nominations, which was more than any other film. Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” was just behind it with ten and “1917” with nine. The EE British Academy Film Awards will take place on Sunday, February 2, 2020 at the Royal Albert Hall in London and will be hosted by Graham Norton.
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Oscars Watch: 72nd Annual Writers Guild of America Award Nominees
The Writers Guild echoes the sentiments of much of the awards season thus far, giving nominations to “Knives Out” and Rian Johnson, “Marriage Story” and Noah Baumbach, “Parasite” and Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won, and “Jojo Rabbit” and Taika Waititi.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Online Film Critics Society Awards
The Online Film Critics Society picked “Parasite” as their Best Picture of the year, along with Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing, and Best Film Not In The English Language.
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Oscars Watch: 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards
Sam Mendes and “1917” were big winners at the 77th Golden Globe Awards, winning Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Director.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 National Society Of Film Critics Awards
“Parasite” is on a bit of a hot streak lately, this time winning Best Picture and Best Screenplay from the National Society Of Film Critics. Greta Gerwig gets a big win here for Best Director with her film “Little Women.”
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Oscars Watch: 9th Annual Australian Academy of Cinema & Television Arts International Awards
“Parasite” and “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” were the big winners at the Australian Academy of Cinema & Television Arts International Awards, with “Parasite” winning Best Film while “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” director Quentin Tarantino won Best Direction and Brad Pitt won for Best Supporting Actor.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Chicago Indie Critics Awards
Chalk another one up for “Parasite,” this time winning the Best Independent Film from the Chicago Indie Critics. It also won Best Supporting Actor, tied for Best Director, and Best Foreign Language Film.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 American Society Of Cinematographers Award Nominees
The American Society Of Cinematographers announced their nominees for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases, including Roger Deakins for his work on “1917” and Robert Richardson for his work on “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
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Oscars Watch: 2019 North Carolina Film Critics Association Awards
“Parasite” swept the North Carolina Film Critics Association Awards, winning Best Narrative Film (their top prize), Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film, and Best Original Screenplay. “Little Women” picked up a few, including Best Supporting Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Columbus Film Critics Association Awards
The Columbus Film Critics Association named “Parasite” Best Picture and Best Director of the year. They also named it Best Original Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film. There was also a lot of love for Florence Pugh and “Knives Out.”
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Houston Film Critics Society Awards
“Parasite” wins yet another award, this time from the Houston Film Critics Society, winning Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Foreign-Language Film. Also winning three awards was “1917,” which won Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, and Best Visual Effects.
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New Trailer: A Quiet Place: Part II – Official Trailer #1
Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards
“Marriage Story” was awarded Best Picture by the Greater Western New York Film Critics Association and it wasn’t surprising, as “Marriage Story” also won Best Original Screenplay, Best Lead Actor and Actress, and Best Score.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Online Association of Female Film Critics Awards
“Parasite” is the Online Association of Female Film Critics’ Best Film, along with Bong Joon-Ho taking Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Utah Film Critics Association Awards
The Utah Film Critics Association named “Parasite” the Best Picture of the year, where it also won Best Original Screenplay and Best Non-English Language Film. “1917” won a few awards as well, including Best Director and Best Cinematography, while “Marriage Story” took both Leading Actor and Actress awards. “Apollo 11” won three awards, including Best Documentary, Best Original Score, and Best Film Editing.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
Venturing outside the norm, the Florida Film Critics Circle awarded “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” with Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Foreign Language Film, while “Marriage Story” took three of the four acting awards, and “Little Women” took Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Ensemble.
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Oscars Watch: 24th Annual International Press Academy Satellite Awards
“Ford v Ferrari” was named the Best Motion Picture at the 24th Annual International Press Academy Satellite Awards, along with James Mangold for Best Director, Christian Bale for Best Leading Actor, and Best Film Editing. “Joker” and “Marriage Story” were among other films to earn more than one award win.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Black Film Critics Circle Awards
The Black Film Critics Circle awarded “Dolemite Is My Name” with four awards, including Best Film, Eddie Murphy for Best Actor, Da’Vine Joy Randolph for Best Supporting Actress, and Best Ensemble. They also awarded “The Irishman” and “Parasite” with some honors as well.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Nevada Film Critics Society Awards
“Marriage Story” was the big winner at the Nevada Film Critics Society Awards, winning Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress (tied with “Bombshell”).
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Oscars Watch: 2019 North Texas Film Critics Association Awards
“The Irishman” is awarded Best Picture by the North Texas Film Critics Association. The rest of the awards were pretty spread out over many different films including “1917,” “Joker,” and “Knives Out.”
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards
The Dublin Film Critics Circle named “Marriage Story” the Best Film of 2019, along with Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay. Noah Baumbach missed the Best Director category, however, with Martin Scorsese pulling off the win for “The Irishman.”
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
“Joker” sweeps in and takes Best Picture from the Phoenix Film Critics Society along with Best Actor going to Joaquin Phoenix. “1917” cleaned up the technical awards, including Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, Best Film Editing, and Best Production Design.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards
The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle picked “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” as their Best Picture of the year, along with Brad Pitt taking Best Supporting Actor and Robert Richardson taking Best Cinematography.
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Oscars Shortlist: 10 Animated Shorts in the Final Round for the 92nd Academy Awards
The Best Animated Short category has been narrowed down to ten contenders.
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Oscars Shortlist: 15 Original Songs in the Final Round for the 92nd Academy Awards
The Best Original Song category has been narrowed down to fifteen contenders. “Into The Unknown,” the anthem from this year’s “Frozen II,” seems like the only safe bet in this category.
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Oscars Shortlist: 15 Original Scores in the Final Round for the 92nd Academy Awards
The Best Original Score category has been narrowed down to fifteen contenders.
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Oscars Shortlist: 10 Films in the Final Round of Best Makeup & Hairstyling for the 92nd Academy Awards
The Best Makeup & Hairsyling category has been narrowed down to ten contenders.
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Oscars Shortlist: 10 International Films in the Final Round for the 92nd Academy Awards
The International Feature category (formerly the Foreign Language Feature category) has been narrowed down to ten contenders.
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Oscars Shortlist: 10 Documentary Shorts in the Final Round for the 92nd Academy Awards
The Best Documentary Short category has been narrowed down to ten contenders.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards
The Vancouver Film Critics Circle awarded “Parasite” their Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Foreign Language Film awards while “Marriage Story” took three of the four acting awards along with Best Screenplay.
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Oscars Shortlist: 15 Documentaries in the Final Round for the 92nd Academy Awards
The Best Documentary Feature category has been narrowed down to fifteen contenders.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
“1917” and “Marriage Story” took home the lion share of the awards from the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association. “1917” took Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Musical Score while “Marriage Story” took Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Screenplay.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards
The San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle honored independent film “The Last Black Man In San Francisco” with a few awards, but the top honors went to “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” and “Parasite, ” both coming out with three wins each.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards
“Marriage Story” is a film that was talked about a lot heading into the awards season, and although it may be popping up here and there, it really had not won an substantial critics awards. However, the Indiana Film Journalists Association have awarded it their Best Film of the year, along with Best Actor going to Adam Driver and Best Original Screenplay going to Noah Baumbach.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards
“Parasite” wins yet another Best Picture critics award, this time from Seattle Film Critics Society. Not only that, it won Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Ensemble Cast, and Best Foreign Language Film.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Phoenix Critics Circle Awards
Four awards were given to “Parasite” by the Phoenix Critics Circle including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Foreign Language Film.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
Stepping out from what most critics awards have done thus far, the Kansas City Film Critics Circle awarded their Best Picture category to “1917,” which also brought home Best Director for Sam Mendes and Best Cinematography for Roger Deakins. “Us” and “Dolemite Is My Name” were honored.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards
Chalk another win up for “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood,” which the St. Louis Film Critics Association named their Best Picture of the year. They awarded it eight other times including Best Director, Best Supporting Actress and Actor, and even a tie in the Best Original Screenplay category, tying with “Marriage Story.”
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Boston Online Film Critics Association Awards
“Parasite” racks up some more wins, this time from the Boston Online Film Critics Association. They awarded it Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Foreign Language Film, while “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” matched it with three awards, earning Best Supporting Actor, Best Screenplay, and Best Cinematography.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Boston Society Of Film Critics Awards
The Boston Society Of Film Critics has picked “Little Women” as its Best Picture of the year, including wins in the Best Ensemble category, Saoirse Ronan as the Best Leading Actress, and Best Original Score.
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Spotlight: 2019 National Film Registry Entries
The Library of Congress has announced their 25 films to be inducted into the National Film Registry for the year of 2019.
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Oscars Watch: 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominees
Nominees for the 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding individual, cast and ensemble performances in film and television of 2019, as well as the nominees for outstanding action performances by film and television stunt ensembles, were announced this morning at the Pacific Design Center’s SilverScreen Theater in West Hollywood.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Women Film Critics Circle Awards
The Toronto Film Critics Association awarded “Parasite” with Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Foreign-Language Film, grabbing more awards than anything else. “Marriage Story” took two acting awards with Adam Driver and Laura Dern both winning.
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Oscars Watch: 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards Nominees
If you ever needed proof that Netflix isn’t going anywhere, just look at its nominations count for this year’s Golden Globes. It towers above the rest with a total of 17 nominations for its original films and series.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 New Mexico Film Critics Association Awards
The Chicago Film Critics Association may have awarded “Parasite” their Best Picture of the year, along with Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Foreign Language Film, but “Little Women” tied it for the most wins, grabbing Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design, and Best Original Score.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Awards
Straying from the crowd slightly, the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle awarded “Knives Out” with their Best Picture honor during their Sunday night deliberations. They also awarded it Best Script.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association picked “Parasite” as the Best Picture of the year, along with Best Director and Best Supporting Actor.
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Oscars Watch: 35th Annual International Documentary Association (IDA) Documentary Awards
The International Documentary Association honored some the greatest of documentaries of the year including “Honeyland” and “For Sama.”
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Oscars Watch: 2019 New York Film Critics Online Awards
The New York Film Critics Online, is an organization composed of 38 top online film critics in New York City. It has a rich mix of reviewers who have carved out original, innovative spaces on the internet for critical illumination. The group meets once a year, in December, and votes its film awards for that year.
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Oscars Watch: 32nd European Film Awards
The awards were held in Berlin, Germany on December 7, 2019 at 19:00 CET (10am PST), hosted by Aiste Dirziute & Anna Brüggemann. The big winner was “The Favourite,” which took home eight awards, including Best European Film and Best European Director. Director Werner Herzog was on hand to accept his Lifetime Achievement Award and actress Juliette Binoche attended to accept her European Achievement in World Cinema Award.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 San Diego Film Critics Society Award Nominees
“The Irishman” and “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” share the most nominations with ten, while “Marriage Story” has the second most with eight.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Detroit Film Critics Society Award Nominees
“The Irishman” has the most nominations with seven, while “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” and “Marriage Story” has the second most with six nominations each.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
The New York Film Critics Circle is an organization of film reviewers from New York-based publications that exists to honor excellence in U.S. and world cinema. Founded in 1935, the Circle’s membership includes critics from daily newspapers, weekly newspapers, magazines, and qualifying online general-interest publications. Every year in December the organization meets in New York to vote on awards for the previous calendar year’s films.
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Oscars Shortlist: 20 Films Left in the Hunt for Best Visual Effects Nominations at 92nd Academy Awards
Here we are only two months out from the Academy Awards and a little over a month away from the nominations. Today, the Best Visual Effects category has been parred down to twenty, with the biggest budget films filling the VFX landscape. The obvious front-runner has to be “Avengers: Endgame” while the yet-to-be-seen “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” already looks visually stunning.
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Oscars Watch: 91st National Board of Review Awards (2019)
This is the National Board of Review’s 91st year of giving out awards. This year, “The Irishman” grabbed the Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay awards, as well as Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, and Al Pacino being awarded the NBR’s Icon Award. Right there with it was “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood,” which grabbed Best Director for Quentin Tarantino, something that could easily happen at the Oscars this year and Brad Pitt grabbing Best Supporting Actor.
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Oscars Watch: 29th IFP Gotham Independent Film Awards
The 29th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project, were held Monday, December 2 and it was a very Noah Baumbach night.
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Oscars Watch: 47th Annie Awards Nominees
The Annie Awards are held January 25, 2020 at UCLA’s Royce Hall and are voted on by the International Animated Film Society. “Frozen II” and “Missing Link” both have the most nominations with eight each.
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Oscars Watch: 21st British Independent Film Awards
The British Independent Film Awards highlight and reward the best, most innovative and creative independent filmmaking and filmmakers in the UK. They identify and encourage emerging talent, support and celebrate the independent film community and promote British film and talent to the public.
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Oscars Watch: 2019 Atlanta Film Critics Circle Awards
The AFCC is comprised of 26 film critics and journalists representing Atlanta-based publications and electronic outlets committed to reviewing and commenting on local, regional, national and international film and the film industry.
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Movie Review: See You Yesterday (2019)
Time travel meets a Spike Lee joint in Netflix’s “See You Yesterday,” the low budget feature film debut from director Stefon Bristol.
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Movie Review: A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood (2019)
Sometimes less is more, but not in the case of “A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood.” Tom Hanks captures the quirk and gravitas of the iconic Mister Rogers so perfectly. The only problem is, I wanted more.
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Movie Review: Dog Days (2018)
“Had this film come out in the early 2000’s, when Paris Hilton was making the dog an accessory, toting her chihuahua in her purse, it might have felt more prevalent. Instead, it comes off stale and tired.”
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Movie Review: Inception (2010)
Nolan, an artist at grounding a film, has a way of making even the most impossible scenarios feel possible… delivers a pitch-perfect film… proves he is by far one of the best directors of his time.
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Video Game Review: PS3’s Red Dead Redemption (2010)
Red Dead Redemption is the most unique video game experience I have encountered since Borderlands. Grand Theft Auto meets the wild west, Rockstar Games reveals their formula for success; throw a character into an open world and let that world unfold around them.
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Movie Review: Greenberg (2010)
Greenberg is not Meet The Parents. Greenberg is not Night At The Museum. Greenberg is not Tropic Thunder, Zoolander, Dodgeball, Heavyweights, or Starsky & Hutch. Greenberg is not the Ben Stiller you know and love. Greenberg is real. Greenberg is self-righteous, self-loathing, and pretentious. Greenberg is probably not someone you would personally like to be around for more than ten minutes. Greenberg is a film about living breathing emotional people. Most people will probably not like Greenberg. Greenberg is probably alright with that.
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Movie Review: The Squid And The Whale (2005)
Though the film was never and will never be a commercial success, Baumbach is solidifying his own genre of film and the audience that appreciates his style will continue to appreciate Baumbach‘s unique dramatic storytelling.
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Movie Review: Shutter Island (2010)
Shutter Island is a stunning masterpiece, requiring mutliple viewings in order to appreciate all the levels of the film that are formed from the mastermind of Martin Scorsese. Whether you figure out the ending before the film, during, or not at all, the film never disappoints.
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Movie Review: The Bounty Hunter (2010)
For a romantic comedy, the Bounty Hunter contains no laughs, little to no action, and forgettable performances from both parties.
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Movie Review: Creation (2010)
Creation screams “award winning”…some truly enchanting performances from Bettany…If period pieces or Charles Darwin have ever peaked your interest, this film will, by far, not disappoint.
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Movie Review: Don McKay (2010)
With an old time feel, complete with faded and grainy film stock, Don McKay becomes a one man show with a mish-mash plot and no real reason for a viewer to care. The lasting impression left from this film is simply hoping that all parties involved can do better next time.
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Movie Review: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2010)
“You might just as well pick up the book and enjoy the complexity that the novel indulges rather than meander into the shallow world of the open-and-shut case that the film version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo has to offer.”
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Movie Review: Peacock (2010)
Peacock is a modern day Hitchcock’s Psycho.
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Movie Review: My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)
If you can stomach the Herzog eccentricism and randomness of the plot, the film actually has some worthwhile moments. Herzog is still a director for a reason, you just have to understand his method of madness.
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Movie Review: World’s Greatest Dad (2009)
Dark comedies are subtle creatures, where you are not sure whether you should laugh or cry. World’s Greatest Dad teeters that fine line. Williams proves himself brilliant put into a dramatic, yet satirical role, that appeared to be created just for him.
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Movie Review: Brooklyn’s Finest (2010)
For a film with little to no depth, where everything is on the surface, Brooklyn’s Finest does have a great cast and interesting story, just not good enough to be memorable.
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Movie Review: The Outside (2010)
The Outside is a surfing film without any actual surfing. Performances in The Outside were dismal. Three words came to mind after The Outside… (1) Awkward, (2) Broadsiding, & (3) Unnatural.
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Movie Review: Get Him To The Greek (2010)
“this was the role Brand was born to play.” “Jonah Hill brings his “A” game” “the film has heart!”
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Movie Review: Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
Get passed the ridiculous title and the film actually delivers some memorable moments.
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Movie Review: Green Zone (2010)
All I have to say is fight the urge you may have to not see this film and just see it. Damon should absolutely stick to the action film because it works for him and, in turn, he makes this film work.
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Movie Review: Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
Percy Jackson is the Harry Potter version of Clash of the Titans. Bewarned however, that it is definitely aimed at a younger audience, complete with a dance sequence to Lady Gaga’s Poker Face by a half boy/half goat (satyr) and Pierce Brosnan as a centaur (half man/half horse) which both are bound to make any grown person feel awkward.
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Movie Review: The Crazies (2010)
The quality of the performances and production value are worth the time alone, but do not expect what you see from the trailer or any comparison to the original Romero horror film besides the bare bones of the plot.
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Movie Review: The United States of Leland (2003)
Leland is a straightforward drama, putting all the cards on the table and allowing you to see the aftermath of unexplainable death in its truest form.
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Movie Review: Thirst (2010)
The film’s plot is transparent, the dialogue unbelievable garbage, and the ending is damn near incomprehensible. I would definitely not watch this film again and wonder how anyone thought it was a good idea to put this out into the world besides the writers and director.
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Movie Review: The Good Guy (2010)
The Good Guy, at times, can be painstakingly slow, but endure and you will find that it is worth the perseverance. The film comes off fresh, sincere, and real, qualities lacking in many romantic comedies today, especially from first time writer-directors.
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Movie Review: Toy Story 3 (2010)
“Great end to the series. Though it does not fulfill my inner child to the fullest, it was a great final adventure. You will laugh, you will cry, and you will want to see it again.”
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Movie Review: The Runaways (2010)
The Runaways is exactly what you would expect. Grunge music, foul language, and the female revolution. No more, no less.
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Movie Review: Trucker (2009)
For first time director James Mottern’s first endeavor, he takes what ever Indy director dreams of and makes it a reality: Success.
