Last year, Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity blew us away. Not everyone loved the film, but most could agree that it was dazzling to behold on the big screen (especially in 3D) and one giant leap forward in cinema on a technical level. It was a thrill ride as much as a movie, anchored by one single […]
Read More Anti-Gravity: Nolan’s ‘Interstellar’ Is OK To GoThe media is sleazy. We all know this. Films like Network and To Die For have highlighted the unscrupulous methodology of the news media in a way that, if you didn’t look carefully enough, might even feel like celebration. We hate the media, but we love to hate it. The talking heads, the sensational headlines, […]
Read More Media Noche: Gyllenhaal Is Bad News In ‘Nightcrawler’Marriage is hard work. Ben Affleck said it, rather awkwardly, in his Oscars acceptance speech for Argo, allowing us to wonder what hells he and Jennifer Garner had been through that caused him to profess such a sentiment in front of millions of viewers. And this year, Affleck stars in Gone Girl, a movie that […]
Read More ‘Rigby’ Goes Down: Marriage Is A Bummer From Both PerspectivesWhat has Michael Keaton been up to lately? I don’t know the answer to that. I know he’s appeared in a handful of movies I haven’t seen (and have no desire to see) such as RoboCop and Need For Speed. He voiced the hilarious Ken doll in Toy Story 3, a fairly recent blockbuster. I […]
Read More Hero To Zero: Keaton Returns In ‘Birdman’Annabelle. Gone Girl. Ouija. It’s no accident that such films are released in October. That’s when audiences are most in the mood to be thrilled and chilled, perhaps even killed, at the movies. Most Octobers come and go without adding a truly classic villain to the repertoire — a Jason, a Ghost Face, a Freddy […]
Read More Tempo Tantrum: J.K. Simmons Drums Up A Terrifying Case Of ‘Whiplash’Marriage is a contract. We select one person we love and trust, and pledge to continue loving and trusting them until our dying breath. We give them equal stake in all our assets. We promise to be with them and them only. We will eat, sleep, and travel with this person. Their friends become our […]
Read More ‘Gone Girl’ Wild: Marriage & Media Are The Real Killers“Dad’s dead.” These are the first words of the book This Is Where I Leave You, spoken by Wendy Foxman. How does she say it? “Offhandedly, like it’s happened before, like it happens every day. It can be grating, this act of hers, to be utterly unfazed at all times, even in the face of […]
Read More Dad’s Dead: Sad, Squabbling Siblings In ‘This Is Where I Leave You’ & ‘Skeleton Twins’The strong, silent type is a character that goes all the way back to the beginning of cinema… but that’s mostly because those movies were silent. Still, stoic males have been front and center in countless dramas, especially those geared toward men. The grittier the movie, the quieter the antihero at the center of it […]
Read More ‘Starred Up’ For What: Jack O’Connell Is The New Tom HardyIt’s official. 2014 is the year of the doppelganger. I said it before, and I’m saying it again. I may even say it again a time or two before the end of the year, if the trend continues. Two significant films this year dealt with misanthropic men encountering suaver, smoother versions of themselves in trippy, […]
Read More The One I Love Is Strange: Two Movie Marriages Put To The TestThere’s a thin line between genius and madness. Or, if Frank is to be believed, no line at all.
Read More Rock, Paper, Twitter: Fassbender Gives Good Head In ‘Frank’A few years back, Joss Whedon surprised us by releasing a superhero movie that satisfied all the mega-blockbuster mega-requirements and still found room for a little of the Buffy creator’s trademark meta-wit. Since then, Marvel movies have all included a Whedon-esque gem or two. They certainly don’t take themselves as seriously as Christopher Nolan’s broodier […]
Read More ‘Galaxy’ Jest: Marvel Trades Amazement For AmusementYou know what I hate about myself? I know what people taste like. I know that babies taste best.
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