— by ALEXA MILAN — If you’ve seen the trailers for the ensemble drama “Brothers,” you probably think it’s just another tired, melodramatic love triangle story. But this movie is the perfect example of why you shouldn’t always judge a film by its trailer[...]
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Under Review: ‘Armored’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — Imagine this scenario: You desperately need money and your co-worker at the armored truck company offers you the chance to steal a truck that contains $42 million. On top of that, child-welfare services wants to take your brother out of your guardianship[...]
Under Review: ‘The Road’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — Upon seeing “The Road,” I’ve stockpiled as much Coca Cola as I could get my hands on. Why such an endeavor? It’s because John Hillcoat’s sophomore film showed me that even when you can’t trust the sanity of your fellow man, you[...]
Under Review: ‘Antichrist’
— by JASON EAKEN — “Nature is Satan’s Church” — tagline from the film. It is a firmly held belief of mine that I would rather see a well-made movie I disagree with than a poorly made film that plays it safe. In some cosmic or telepathic way, Lars von Trier has[...]
Under Review: ‘Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire’
— by ALEXA MILAN — Every year when awards season rolls around, a little-movie-that-could seems to emerge. Last year it was “Slumdog Millionaire,” which barely anyone had heard of before it rose out of the Toronto International Film Festival to become the year’s best picture winner.[...]
Under Review: ‘Me and Orson Welles’
— by JASON EAKEN — Zac Efron and Orson Welles: if ever there was a more unlikely combination, for the life of me I cannot conjure it. Yet here they are in Richard Linklater’s “Me and Orson Welles,” a film whose sentimentally simplistic title indicates its own merits and demerits[...]
Under Review: ‘Ninja Assassin’
— by SEAN GERSKI — I suspect that there is a very good chance you will walk out of “Ninja Assassin” having watched the very movie you expected to see. If you are hoping to see a blood-and-guts, all-out ninja brawl that looks cool — well, this is that movie. However, if [...]
Under Review: ‘Broken Embraces’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — We’ve all heard about drama going on during the filming of the latest Hollywood hit. Anything from slurs being thrown about to fists flying, but no cast experienced the drama that the fictional film’s “Girls and Suitcases” cannot match. Be[...]
Under Review: ‘Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — Making a film like “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” requires a fearless determination, and luckily, director Werner Herzog has just that. His unorthodox portrayal of brilliance is presented in the lead character, Terrence McDonagh[...]
Under Review: ‘New Moon’
— by ALEXA MILAN — I have never seen a pop culture phenomenon as polarizing as “Twilight,” and based on the reviews for the second installment in the series, “New Moon” is no exception. Personally, I enjoy the “Twilight” books. Yes, they’re[...]
Under Review: ‘Planet 51’
— by JOEL CRARY — Compared to “Wall-E,” the Pixar animated film about a robot who journeys into outer space and finds out more about humanity’s place in the grand scheme of things, “Planet 51” is pretty inert. It’s a film about first contact[...]
Under Review: ‘Official Rejection’
— by SEAN GERSKI — I have a feeling that most of the people who come to this site have at one time in their life dreamed of actually making their own movie. You hear Kevin Smith’s incredibly unlikely tale and tell yourself, “I could do that.” You could max out the[...]
Under Review: ‘Fix’
— by RACHEL COYNE — I still find it amazing what some filmmakers can accomplish with a few dollars and a camera, while others have millions and a full crew and can barely scrape together a cohesive story. In “Fix,” director/co-star/cameraman/co-writer Tao Ruspoli truly pours his[...]