Film Review: Rush

Rush opens in theaters everywhere today, September 27. Check GoWatchIt for showtimes. International receipts are growing in importance. The box office used to be won and lost on American soil but things are certainly changing. Pacific Rim may have underperformed domestically but with an Asian market ravenously consuming it, sequel talks have managed to germinate. …

Film Review: Money for Nothing

The Federal Reserve is not something I understand well; management of the country’s monetary policy, and the global impact of those policies, is beyond me. What stood out to me, then, in “Money for Nothing,” Jim Bruce’s new documentary, was the accessible presentation of the Federal Reserve Bank’s history, and the explanation of how the …

Film Review: Hell Baby

Hell Baby is available now on VOD and opens in limited release today, September 6. Check local listings for showtimes. The film parody is a complicated creature. Rather than being a binary system, there are now varying degrees of parody. The label alone is now used sparingly and is nearly synonymous with poor quality. The …

Foreign Friday: The Last Circus

Foreign languages scare you. They require such devotion. At least when you see an awful English language film, you can distract yourself with other things, while it drones in the background. Foreign films demand your constant attention or else the subtitles will vanish before you get the chance to read them. I get it. Reading …