From A+ to F, the best and worst of 2014 (ranked by grade.) A+ = Potential MasterpieceA = Most Excellent A- = ExcellentB+ = Very, Very GoodB = Very GoodB- = GoodC+ = Really SolidC = SolidC- = FlawedD+ = Not very good, serious flawsD = Tremendously not good, glaring problemsD- = Utter DisasterF =...
This may sound like the ramblings of a film snob, which it is. But I have to plead that no one spends money on this. Every ticket purchase for this…
But it's not the performances alone that shine, as the movie flows smooth as butter. Looking at it as a whole, I wouldn't want a single scene cut and that's…
The last of 2013 is upon us and I’ve been shoveling in just about as many films from the year as I can, building towards my awaiting best of/worst of lists and the second annual Silver Screen Riot Awards. At the theater, I closed out seeing the last films I would this year with Anchorman...
Without reaching the same highs, Anchorman 2 still provides us with a good belly full of laughs. We can hope that McKay and Ferrell's goal here is to provide another…
You could probably also say that my expectations were too high going into American Hustle (I was ready to jam it in my top ten before even seeing it) but…
On the march to the end of the season, with only four more major releases to go for 2013, I crossed two big ticket items off the list with The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug offering just the brand of disappointment I was crossing my fingers against and Inside Llewyn Davis which has been growing...
Blemishes and all, Inside Llewyn Davis is that rare movie that only the Coens could pull off. Backed by a killer soundtrack, a gloomy visual landscape, and a star-making performance…
Saving Mr. Banks is yet another Disney export of saccharine in the highest degree, an uplifting tale that also serves to reinforce the likeability of a dynasty that has swept…
Apparently, we all have to swallow the pill though and get in line for the next bit, the finale that promises to actually deliver on, you know, being good. Jackson…