Mark Duplass threw his hat into the entertainment mix as a founder of the mumblecore movement before joining up with FX‘s the surprise hit tv show, The League. Since then, he’s associated with filmmakers big and small, working on Oscar nominated films (Zero Dark Thirty) and indie gems (Safety Not Guaranteed) alike. This year, Duplass...
Ethan and Joel Coen have been making movies since 1984. And not just your run-of-the-mill, “here’s another one” kind of movie. Thoughtful, delicately constructed masterworks. One after another. I truly think it’s fair to say that they don’t have a bad movie in the bunch, which makes the task of ranking them ever the more...
As TMNT rips to a rather forecasted conclusion, it's quite clear that Liebesman's goal has been accomplished. His film is a puckering cherry bomb. But rather than blow up in…
Whilst the inadvertent humor disqualifies Into the Storm from the most painful movie experience of the year accolade, that's still not something you want to pull for the box art…
Nowadays the mantra seems to go, “If you’ve seen ’em, rank ’em.” And me being the non-boat-rocking critic that I am, I’ve decided it pertinent to rank all of the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies what with Guardians of the Galaxy releasing wide today and all. As is with all lists, this numbered collection is infallible...
And as much as it's the story of Brown's triumph, it's also the story of his defeat. About his pride getting in the way of friends and family. About his…
It’s been a good month since I’ve posted a Weekly Review, betraying its namesake once again, so I have a hefty pile to pour on you. This week (read: month) took me through some familiar territory in an old classic, saw some decent recent horror movies and a pair of debuts from indie directors, one...
Spirits were high in Capitol Hill this weekend, as was the ratio of space bar music to instrumental bands. Celebrating its 18th year as a festival, Capitol Hill Block Party in its current iteration is really only four years old. Or at least that last day is. You see it takes three full days to...
For once, you won't demand "But where are the other guys?!" Gunn's triumph is happy to exist in its own little universe and for it, trumps Marvel's other heroes. In…
Hercules is the movie equivalent of having a pube stuck in your throat, you just want to cough it up and be free of it. Just keep telling yourself it…