Brian De Palma adapted the Steven King classic Carrie to middling success back in 1976 and to go along with the recent Hollywood trend of 1970-something horror adaptations, this re-envisioned Carrie starring Chloe Moretz and Julianne Moore looks it really churn out the eerie, gory goods. Where De Palma’s film largely deviated from the source...
Even though I neglected to add this film into my list of the most anticipated films of the year, Only God Forgives directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and starring Ryan Gosling might just be my most anticipated film of the year. Refn’s last film Drive was my favorite flick of 2011 and Only God Forgives...
Oh Pixar, how far the mighty have fallen. Even though you scored the Best Animated Film win this year for your derivative princess story Brave, many of us believe it was not a victory deserved. Transformed from a studio of unique ingenuity that brought us films like Wall-E, Up and Ratatouille, Pixar has seemed...
After all is said and done, Stoker adds up to a wonderfully paced creep-fest that knows exactly where to mine for the best elements of suspense. It's morbid revelry in…
In Spring Breakers defense, it's not all bad. I didn't hate the nudity, in fact, I rather liked it but that seductive allure is hardly an excuse for the badly…
This Is The End is an apocalyptic comedy stuffed to the brim with the some of the best names working in comedy– James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Jason Segel, Paul Rudd, Michael Cera, Kevin Hart, Aziz Ansari as well as everyone’s favorite Hermoine, Emma Watson. Written and directed by Evan...
This week in movie watching, I finally got around to watching Alfonso Cuaron‘s much laded Y Tu Mama Tambien, the Aaron Paul–Mary Elizabeth Winstead alcoholic indie flick, Smashed, 2011’s overrated horror flop Insidious and the very raunchy and very funny, Bachelorette. Y Tu Mama También (2001) What may at first appear to be...
Director Christopher Nolan has reached out to Matthew McConaughey to offer him the starring role in his next feature, a multi-layered, complicated sci-fi flick, Interstellar. In the past few years, McConaughey has attempted to reinvent himself, transitioning from a shirtless rom-com hunk into, how do I put it, an actor. With standout roles in...
Cosmopolis is philosophical poetry in motion told through a series of increasingly bizarre and abtruse vignettes that doesn’t wait for you to catch up, a tactic that kept me glued to the screen in anxious anticipation and careful study for it’s entire one hour and 49 minute run time. In a word, it’s brilliant. The...
The much awaited trailer for The Wolverine starring Hugh Jackman and directed by James Mangold has finally made it’s way to the internet and the result looks measurably better than Wolverine’s last solo outing aside from the fact that the poster above makes him look like he’s taking a really aggressive shit....