I won’t easily admit to being one to be star-stuck but let’s just say I have developed a life-long BFF crush on Jason Schwartzman. From his debut in Wes Anderson’s electric Rushmore (and onward through a certifiable library of Anderson films) to his cult HBO amateur detective comedy Bored to Death to his truly standout...
In order to drill home the point, know that Ted 2 is in fact a cinematic urinal cake; a patchwork of unfunny, hateful jokes bred with a razor thin attempt…
From his backlit framing to the long, empty, awkward silences that fill the air like smog, Brice plants all the seeds of doubt required to make his audience want to…
And for all its shortcomings, the rehabilitated dog story at the heart of the piece is ultimately winning. (Max’s actual offscreen handlers deserve major points for running him through a…
It’s not that Tina Ivlev is terrible so much as her scenes seem rushed and “first take”. Richard Tyson gets out a hair better, but similarly fails to overcome the…
An emotionally resonant win for faux-cinéma vérité (with a surprise cameo from nerd prince Freddie Wong), The Strongest Man becomes occasionally untacked by amateur bits of visual collage work, the…
The appearance of Ken Jeong on the cast list comes as a major red flag though he ends up the least to blame for the frequent failures of Advantageous. The…
The final result is both articulate and insightful, an uncommonly honest look at adult sexuality and the bargaining chips that married couples exchange. It's also f*cking hilarious. Working from a…
Going into 2014’s SXSW, Patrick Brice was an unknown entity, opening the door for the horror knockout that was Creep. With Mark Duplass and an HD camera, Brice made one of the year’s best horror films with little to no dollar bills. All the more impressive is his follow-up, the hilarious and heartfelt The Overnight....
For years, Pixar implied the highest standard in animation. A fifteen year run that spanned from Toy Story to Toy Story 3 included such classics as Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Up, Wall-E, Ratatoiulle. For most studios, that amount of #winning would be tantamount to a lifetime of work. And though Pixar’s latest efforts...