I hated Birdman. The best review I read of the film opened by calling its writer/director Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu a talentless fraud. This more or less hit the nail on the head. I’ve endured lengthy conversations with numerous people who liked or disliked Birdman to varying degrees, wanting to know exactly what I found so…
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…
The (sort of) much anticipated The Great Gatsby came out last Friday. This is Baz Luhrmann’s first feature-length film since Australia (2008), so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. Luhrmann’s last three big films — Australia, Moulin Rouge!, and Romeo + Juliet — were all aesthetically pleasing and had some lovely music, so I went on to expect nothing…
Django Unchained (2012): The Plot: Set two years before the Civil War, Django tells the story of the slave Django (Jamie Foxx), who is given his freedom by the charming and quirky bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz and his amazing beard). Together, they kill Bad White Dudes and eventually set off to rescue…
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