Out in Theaters: TUSK
As effective as any high dosage caffeine pill, Tusk is a wildly original, tonally inconsistent, totally appalling smorgasbord of nightmare fuel that won't soon stop haunting me. Smith and Kurtzman's…
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Weekly Review 54: STAR, IRREVERSIBLE, HENRY, FEAR, WOYZECK, COBRA
I was thinking that this had been a week without a lot of screenings but then I realized I’d seen four films this week – The Two Faces of January, The Guest, Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby and Tusk. I guess the fact that I’ve not been able to yet publish reviews for any of these that...
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Out in Theaters: HONEYMOON
Perhaps that's her intent after all, to show us something beautiful only to take it away, leaving tatters and fragments of what it meant to be able to connect with…
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Out in Theaters: THE DROP
By the end of the film, we're met a slew of ugly, compromised characters and seen their chameleon turn from one thing to another. The archetypes fade away to reveal…
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Weekly Review 53: TEXAS, VIETNAM, NOSFERATU, HOUSE, INNKEEPERS
Now that fall is here – I know it’s not the Autumn Equinox yet or anything but September = fall in my mind so deal with it – I’ve taken myself hostage to an onslaught of horror movies. As Above/So Below proved to be a mighty fun time at the cinema – though I am...
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Out in Theaters: AS ABOVE/SO BELOW
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 -…
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Out in Theaters: LOVE IS STRANGE
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…
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Out in Theaters: THE NOVEMBER MAN
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…
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Weekly Review 51: GIGOLO, STAGE, CONGRESS, IMMIGRANT, FITZCARRALDO
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...
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Out in Theaters: SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR
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,…