— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — Forty-two years ago, George A. Romero popularized the zombie apocalypse sub-genre with his ground-breaking “Night of the Living Dead,” a film that combined the searing social commentary of political dramas and the scares of bloody horrors[...]
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Under Review: ‘La Donation’
— by JOEL CRARY — In her review of “La Donation,” Liz Braun over at canoe.ca claims that the film is “very much about geography, so it leaves you feeling super-Canadian.” I get a kick out of the term “super-Canadian.” I picture groups of people flocking to theatres, taking in[...]
Under Review: ‘Lexie Cannes’
— by ALLISON HIGGINBOTHAM — The deaf community by and large has been ignored when it comes to the film industry. Occasionally, a main character will have a relative or friend who is deaf, but you’d be hard pressed to find a deaf main character. In fact, the movie’s title[...]
Under Review: ‘The Yacoubian Building’ (aka ‘Omaret Yakobean’)
— by ALLISON HIGGINBOTHAM — One great thing about foreign films is you get to see different production and storytelling techniques. Watching too many Hollywood films can leave you with a jaded feeling. You know that if it’s rated PG-13 an f-bomb won’t be dropped. If there’s a hunky[...]
Review: The Ghost Writer
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — There was a “clash of the titans” this weekend. No, Sam Worthington or Louis Leterrier are not implicated in any way. Instead cinema giants Martin Scorsese and Roman Polanski simultaneously released their latest films. Both[...]
Under Review: ‘Ajami’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — Sri Chinmoy once said, “You hate someone whom you really wish to love, but whom you cannot love. Perhaps he himself prevents you. That is a disguised form of love.” The same idea is present in Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani’s Oscar-nominated[...]
Under Review: ‘Shutter Island’
— by JOEL CRARY — There have been a number of films of late dealing with the effect of war on the psychologies of those who experience it, plots built around the chaos that manifests in post-war American mentalities, presenting us with protagonists who are altered in some way. So[...]
Review: Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
— by KENNETH DAVIS — With several successful movies under their belts, DC comics and Warner Bros. bring us yet another excellent film with “Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths,” co-directed by Sam Liu (of “Superman/Batman: Public Enemies”) and Lauren[...]
Under Review: ‘Valentine’s Day’
— by ALEXA MILAN — Remember how “Love Actually” made the ensemble rom-com seem like such a good idea? That movie was charming, heartwarming, funny, sensitive and had a long list of prominent actors (Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant, Keira Knightley, Billy Nighy, Colin [...]
Under Review: ‘The Last Station’
— by ALLISON HIGGINBOTHAM — Leo Tolstoy is famous for his stance on passive resistance and belief that all men should be equal. In “The Last Station,” however, the path to these things is not easy. “The Last Station” takes place during the last few days of[...]
Under Review: ‘Terribly Happy’ (aka: ‘Frygtelig lykkelig’)
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — Unknowingly walking into a screening of “Terribly Happy” may disappoint. Despite its seemingly cheery title, this Danish picture has nothing resembling candy or smiley faces, but those willing to indulge in the film’s bleak themes are sure to[...]
Under Review: ‘The Wolfman’
— by JOEL CRARY — I’ll say this for Joe Johnston’s “The Wolfman”: It spares us the hyperbole and gets down to brass tacks. There are no needless scenes of exposition informing us that a lycanthrope can only be assassinated by the use of silver bullets, that the full moon brings o[...]
Under Review: ‘Planet Hulk’
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — The Hulk has had the privilege of having been the subject of more DVD movies than any other Marvel character. With “Hulk vs. Thor” and “Hulk vs. Wolverine” just released last year, it is impressive that they have now released “Planet[...]
Under Review: ‘Dear John’
— by ALEXA MILAN — Anyone who sees a movie based on a Nicholas Sparks book should know exactly what they’re getting into: a sappy love story set on the beach in which the couple experiences a montage of happy moments and lots of drama-filled trials and tribulations that prevent[...]