The drive to be the best and perfect one’s craft is not just one of the hallmarks of many an artist/athlete/creative, it’s also absolute catnip for cinema. At their heights, you can get something like Black Swan or Whiplash, which becomes irresistible to the Academy as well. In the case of Act One, things aren’t […] More
What the hell did I just watch? To call Ponderosa a baffling film is an understatement. So much of what happens in this picture seems to be random, which I know it’s not, but it’s such a struggle to get on its wavelength that it’s uniqueness isn’t a compliment. Now, props to writer/director Rob Rice […] More
Few politicians of their era have fascinated historians like Mario Cuomo. Here we have a popular governor, one who was a rare bright spot for the Democratic party at that point, who vocally presented an alternative path to that of Republican Ronald Reagan. And yet, he opted never to run for President of the United […] More
If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? That’s not just the tagline for Disclosure Day. It’s also the film’s central thesis, alongside the notion that maybe, instead of fear, it could change things for the better? Working again in the realm of aliens […] More
There’s a thematic consistency to the work of Drake Doremus. Whether it’s his breakthrough Like Crazy, his follow up Breathe In, or his later work like Equals, Newness, and so on, he explores love and romance with dramatic heft. The weight of falling in love, as well as what loving takes, has been a consistent […] More
There are action movies that strive for complexity, and then there are action movies that understand exactly what audiences came to see. The Furious falls firmly into the latter category, delivering an old-school, all-killer-no-filler martial arts spectacle packed with brutal fights, bone-crunching violence, and some of the most exhilarating action choreography you’ll see all year. […] More
When you see an actor perfectly cast in something, it can be very exciting. When that actor gives the best performance of his career so far, that’s even better. Such is the case with Marc Maron and In Memoriam, a tailor made project for his talents that he absolutely knocks out of the park. It’s […] More
I love a spoof movie. Some of my favorite comedies or all time are spoofs. Mel Brooks is my favorite comedy filmmaker. The Naked Gun is perfect cinema. Hell, the first Scary Movie is really funny. I say all of this just to establish that I’m very much the target audience for this film. Well, […] More
Almost regardless of how Backrooms turned out, the fact that it’s a professionally made film from someone as young as Kane Parsons makes it a work deserving of some praise. That it, on a visual level, is actually rather impressive, is even more worthy of praise. The thing is, as a whole production, the movie […] More
Tony Leung Chiu-wai is the best part of Ildikó Enyedi’s Silent Friend, while its decade-spanning parallel stories aren’t as gripping as we’d hope. More
Cults fascinate us. That goes without saying. Hell, sometimes the fascination can lead to indoctrination. In the case of the “Heaven’s Gate” cult, which it’s no spoiler to say ultimately turned into a suicide cult, what the group stood for was ludicrous. So, it was the charisma of the leader in charge that sold that […] More
While I didn’t grow up obsessed with Masters of the Universe and He-Man, I certainly enjoyed the cartoon and the toys. Some people, however, have very strong feelings about the property. That led to division over the recent Kevin Smith run animated series, while the less said about the live action attempt from back in […] More
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