Brian De Palma has had an interesting, diverse and often strange career which can be divided into solid “Director-for-hire” efforts (The Untouchables, Mission: Impossible) and…
Dreams, or nightmares, are fragmented visions created by the subconscious; they appear to follow no logic, yet they are deeply connected to our fears, emotions,…
Set in a 1995 Miami where brains play a secondary role to brawn and everyone is tan, muscled, and ingesting cocaine, Michael Bay’s most recent…
Derek Cianfrance’s previous character study focused on a degrading marriage over the years. In Blue Valentine, he brilliantly delivered a tender portrait of “real” love,…
In 2013, I’m undertaking the colossal task of seeing and reviewing every single film Sam Neill has acted in or directed, 90 films in total….
In the South-Korean documentary Planet of Snail we get a glimpse into the life of Young-Chan, who has been deaf and blind from birth. He…
Opening in wide release in the U.S.A. this weekend, Pitch Perfect is a rollicking Glee-style comedy written by 30 Rock writer-producer Kay Cannon. Its addictive…
In the 1990′s Walt Disney Studios owned animation. It defined a generation and produced a string of classic films that were wildly unfaithful to their…
Young Norman (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is troubled. No one in his family will listen to him except his grandmother, and she’s dead. He’s perfectly comfortable nodding…
Sam (Chris Pine) is a slick, crafty salesman whose questionable business practices have landed him in hot water with the Federal Trade Commission. Right after…
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