Out in Theaters: DECODING ANNIE PARKER
Bernstein works the movie like a circus clown, loading suckerpunch after suckerpunch into his cinematic cannon, but they strike with dull thuds. His pleads for heartbreak hardly break a sweat;…
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Restored and Revisited: Godzilla (1954) Celebrates 60 Years
As a metaphor for WWII-era America, the beastly, thoughtless rampager seems less a condemnation of Japan's former enemies than an admission of invitation. Honda's is a film that doesn't place…
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Weekly Review 45: DEVIL, PARANORMAL, DIVING, WOLVES
A relatively light week at the theaters in which I saw Chef (review to follow), Paul Walker‘s last completed project Brick Mansions (buhuh) and a half-way decent horror movie that’s failed to make much of an impression at the box office, The Quiet Ones. Aside from those you’ll find below, I also revistied The Amazing...
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Out in Theaters: BRICK MANSIONS
It's a ton of fun, if your idea of fun is wasting an hour and thirty minutes of your life. Brick tries out a few jokes here and there -…
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Talking with Fernando Coimbra of A WOLF AT THE DOOR
2014 looks to be the year of the twisted headline movie. With Kumiko the Treasure Hunter, we saw the real life story of a doomed Japanese misanthrope come to America and damned to stubborn and horrifying resilience. The Monument’s Men and Cesar Chavez brought horror to the screen for all the wrong reasons (*yawn*). Fernando...
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Out in Theaters: JOE
Shouldering the picture, Poulter, Blevins, Cage and Sheridan are the savior of Green's view of a broke down suburban hell hole. If only they weren't always forced into such sketchy…
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Out in Theaters: TRANSCENDENCE
Plot mechanics are omnipresent and omnipotent until the script demands it not so, characters unfold incompatible reveals without satisfying explanation, and by the end... well it's hard to even say…
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Out in Theaters: DOM HEMINGWAY
As Shepard weaves the character of a bygone criminal braggart into a head-hanging old fool "alone and full of regret", the bittersweet lark loses its bite. But I guess that's…
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SIFF 2014 Unveils African Pictures Lineup
Chiwetel Ejiofor and Thandie Newton in Half of a Yellow Sun The Seattle International Film Festival has released details on their first bout of films set to span the further reaches of cinema the world over. Putting the “international” in International Film Festival, SIFF takes a decided stance to represent more than a handful of foreign...
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Weekly Review 44: CHEAP, ESCAPE, GATTACA, BARTON, DRUG, JESUS
I’ve realized that for every movie I cross off my To Watch list, I add three more. The sad reality: I’ll never watch all the movies. Nevertheless, I can try. In theaters this week, I caught Oculus and Dom Hemingway but skipped screenings of Heaven is for Real, Neighbors and Draft Day. As is, I’ll still...