Film Reviews
Lincoln Review: The “Long Rough” History With Fairness
One would be hard pressed to find a more educational, entertaining, and sensual two and a half hours of film than Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln. That this movie comes to us at a time when an African-American sits in the white house seems prophetic. It is this information that provides the dramatic irony that streams throughout [...]
Argo Movie Review: “Argo F*ck Yourself”
This week’s #2 film at the box office, Argo, is based on the true story of how one CIA exfiltration specialist, Tony Mendez, put together a plan to save six American foreign service workers who escaped the embassy compound in Tehran as it was being stormed by Iranian revolutionaries in the events leading up to [...]
“The Master” Blows, Despite A Suberb Performance From Hoffman
Can a movie that is, in parts, visually pleasing, with great performances, and reference an intriguing, powerful and controversial religious movement, be a failed movie on the whole? Yes. “The Master” via master film director, Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will be Blood, Magnolia, and Boogie Nights), fails to assemble all its beautiful parts into a [...]
Robot & Frank Review: Talking Frankly about Robots
It came as something of a shock to my system when I thought about the characters in Robot & Frank and came to the conclusion that ‘judging by his children’s names — the titular human of the tale is more likely than not my contemporary. That makes this particular work of science fiction so close [...]
The Do-Deca-Pentathlon Review – Reviewsday Tuesday
I’m going to play amateur psychologist here and highlight the sibling relationship as perhaps the most crucial in a person’s life (for those lucky enough to have siblings anyway). Think about it. On a normal basis, parents make their exit in the middle of your life and your grandparents even earlier. Spouses and children enter [...]
