Bumbershoot’s 1 Reel Film Festival, currated by the Seattle International Film Festival, was a charmed parade of “cinematic brevity” that came and went with a bang; a lavish celebration of the art form offering a smattering of delightful shorts. We had the in to cover as much as possible of this three day long engagement...
This week has held no press screenings until Thursday night which means I’ve had plenty of time to catch up on my hit list. As Above/So Below screened the night before it was opening, a generally telltale sign of bad things to come, but proved to be a madcap fright-fest. More by random chance than...
This first film in Legendary's distribution deal with Universal is unfortunately not off to a promising start - with only $470,000 from 1,805 theaters during its opening night showing -…
Beneath Sachs' caring direction is a wealth of production touches to love, from the handsome set design to the cutting piano sonatas. Susan Jacob's classical musical selection is soft and…
The question remains: will this be a success with audiences? All evidence points to a resounding meh but quite honestly, the meh-ness of The November Man might just prove the…
From Woody Allen to Meatloaf, this installment of Weekly Review takes a look at some of the flicks of 2014 that haven’t met much fanfare. I visited John Turturro‘s Fading Gigolo, the SXSW horror movie Stage Fright, last year’s Cannes film The Congress starring Robin Wright, James Gray‘s historical drama The Immigrant and took a...
For my barrage of complaints, it wouldn't be fair to say that I hated Sin City: A Dame to Kill For because I quite honestly didn't. I enjoy the ultra-violent,…
If I Stay is the useless kind of movie for people who have nothing else to be bummed about. It invites you to wonder if people do sit around and…
It’s been more than two weeks since our last outing at the Weekly Review outpost so I’ve got a bit to catch up on. At the theater, I gobbled up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Into the Storm, The Giver and Love is Strange (review soon). Since most of the television shows I watch are off...
As Bridges gives a quietly devastating performance as the eponymous character, The Giver tip-toes to the finish as an occasionally whopping crowd-pleaser. Noyce's is a direly decorated dystopia sans the…