Once a year there seems to be an important prestige film that totally slips under my radar until mid-to-late November. I think last year it was Philomena, and I never ended up seeing that anyway. I got my act together in a big way this year, however, and managed to see it the same week…
Baddie – America’s class system. Lesson – If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. This movie begins with an old man telling disgusting limericks at some sort of awards dinner. He’s apologetic, but not so sorry as to refrain from severing a woman’s finger and wrapping it in a napkin. A security…
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…
Nightcrawler (2014) The Plot: Petty criminal Louis Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) makes his living stealing manhole covers and chain-link fences, selling them as scrap metal to the most convenient buyer. He craves financial stability, however, and wants to straighten up and fly right. One night, a career path drops into his lap: nightcrawling. What does a…
Baddie – Spooky spectre-producing caves. Lesson – Can’t stab a ghost.. In my quest to watch every shark movie, I have to watch “Ghost Shark”. Yay me. The movie begins with a fisherman and his wife attempting to catch a fish for a contest. A shark eats the fish. The couple is distasteful and irritating, I…
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…
It’s November. It’s Oscar/Christmas blockbuster season. Let’s just get right to it, shall we? Interstellar (2014) The Plot: Environmental apocalypses: the best kind (?). As a terrible blight continues to wipe out crops across the world, scientists (mainly Michael Caine) realize that the earth is done for. That doesn’t necessarily mean that humanity has to…
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