When you think of the holiday season, what comes to mind? Is it a twinkling array of lights? Family and friends? Are you filled with the spirit of hope, generosity, and miracle? Or do you see hairy, unblinking faces? Do cartoon sand monsters slither through your mind? Does a large, four armed cook yell at…
Top Five (2014) The Plot: On the day before his live-on-air marriage to reality star Erica Long (Gabrielle Union), comedian and recovering alcoholic Andre Allen (Chris Rock) is in Manhattan promoting the release of his new critically maligned drama. At the urging of his agent (Kevin Hart), Andre agrees to do an in-depth interview…
Well, it’s been a fortnight since I wrote here last, but after some travels and long holiday retail hours, I’m back, I’m full of holiday cheer, and I’m ready to spread it through the world via film reviews. So with that, let’s look at a harrowing drama that ends with a murder. Foxcatcher (2014)
The Plot: Vincent McKenna (Bill Murray) is a heavy drinking, foul-mouthed, chain-smoking, hooker-hirin’ gambler. In other words, the kind of guy who’s probably pretty low on your list of potential babysitters for your meek, precocious 12 year old boy. Despite all of these charming qualities, fate and long work hours make Vincent the afterschool caretaker…
With Disney’s purchase of Marvel in 2009, it was a question of when audiences would see a Marvel property under the Disney animation banner, not if. Perhaps that’s why it was so surprising that Disney’s first animated Marvel film wasn’t based on renowned characters, but a reimagining of a comic obscure to all but the…
This week was a crossroads of sorts for me. With two days left of Octoberween, I had to make an important decision as to whether I was going to write one last article on cheesy Halloween goodness, or whether to take those first bold steps into the uncharted territory of the 2014 prestige film season…
Judging by my last two reviews, my Octoberween theme is apparently concerned with the “treat” side of this while “trick or treat” concept. Originally, I was going to do a 180 from my previous reviews and look at a Criterion horror movie like The Innocents, but then when I realized it wasn’t available on Hulu…
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