Since I didn’t make it to the movies this week, I thought I’d fall back on the time-honored tradition of finding the good stuff on Netflix. Melancholia got a fair amount of critical acclaim when it came out, and then praise from people in my Film Theory class. Since most of what I’d heard made…
Well, it’s December, a.k.a. Christmas month. Are we doing an Octoberween kind of deal for December? Christembermas? I dunno, nobody tells me nothin’. I was totally going to get seasonal, too, but maybe I’ll put that off a while and just review a mediocre movie that came out eleven years ago. Gosford Park (2001) The…
Well, I promised you two reviews today, and I am totally delivering. Check it, single ladies and potential employers: I’m reliable. Wreck-It Ralph (2012): The Plot: Wreck-It Ralph (John C. Reilly) is the Bad Guy in an arcade video game. His job is to wreck a fancy apartment building so that endlessly-chipper Fix-It Felix (Jack…
I took last week off, so you get two (2!) reviews today. While you were all gorging yourselves on turkey, I was looking deep into the heart and soul of America. Pay attention, supervillains, because I discovered two things that this country really, really loves: Abraham Lincoln and old, crappy video games (which you will…
In this case, “shit” means that it’s good. Kids, amirite? Skyfall (2012): The Plot: When a mission goes wrong and James Bond (Daniel Craig) takes a rifle round to the chest—at M’s (Judi Dench) order, no less—the superspy is declared dead. For him, this means not shaving and drinking Heineken instead of martinis. A terrorist…
As I rapidly approach Thanksgiving break, the homework load [read: stress level] is mounting steadily. That gives important context to this week’s review, why I haven’t been to the movies in a while, and why I haven’t eaten vegetables in a while. So yeah, I’ll review a pleasantly low-key movie. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2012, as far…
An original story of men of action versus men of contemplation, Ontario-made The Man on the Train strikes a chord with me and might well for many others appreciative of a slow-moving drama. The film stars Donald Sutherland and Larry Mullen Jr. Perhaps it is my love of movies that are 95% conversationally based, perhaps it…
