This morning the Independent Spirit Awards announced their nominees for the 2011 awards. Definitely a sign of what is to come this awards season! I’m glad to see Winter’s Bone picked up plenty of nods, and honestly, I’d love to see John Hawkes take home best supporting for it. What do you guys think of …
Though my childhood consisted of treasure hunting, bull-whip toting aspirations, so did time travel via a Delorean, thanks to Back to the Future. Twenty-five years since the first Back to the Future, the series stands up as a timeless film, and the series has recently been remastered and released on Blu-ray (as well as re-released …
Films about recent “history” are tricky. Films like ‘United 93,’ ‘W,’ etc. are met with questions like, why? or statements like, “too soon.” There were all concerns in my mind when I first heard about this Fincher/Sorkin project. So many questions. Why a movie about Facebook? Why a movie about Mark Zuckerberg? When the trailer …
‘Teenage Paparazzo’ is a great documentary from actor Adrian Grenier about 14 year old Austin Visschedyk, a young paparazzo. Going into the film, I wasn’t sure what I was going to see, I’m familiar with Grenier as an actor, but as far as his directing skills, I was curious to see what he’d done with …
This is a new weekly column that will take a look at what is going on the ol’ boob tube! Wait. I don’t believe my TV has any tubes… House M.D. Everyone’s favorite Doctor is back in its 7th season, and it picks up literally where the last left off. (Quick Recap) Season 6 ended …
The Boston crime movie has become a genre of its own, the past few years have seen ‘Mystic River,’ ‘The Departed,’ and Affleck’s own ‘Gone Baby Gone.’ ‘The Town,’ is another excellent addition to the genre, and shows Affleck becoming increasingly more comfortable in the directors chair. Sam Fuller once said that a movie has …
‘She’s Out of My League’ directed by Jim Field Smith and starring Jay Baruchel in his first major feature film role is a so-so romantic comedy that is fun but ultimately forgettable. The film tells the story of Kirk, a lowly TSA employee, dorky, nerdy, one of those guys that has been abused all his …
Scott Pilgrim vs the World was probably my favorite movie of the summer. There I said it. To not see Scott Pilgrim would be to rob you of something special, a fun, entertaining, exciting, excellent film that is the epitome of a summer movie. The project itself was a perfect storm for a movie. The …
The Other Guys, the latest from comedy director and writer Adam McKay is an buddy-cop action-comedy starring Mark Wahlberg, and McKay regular Will Ferrell. Telling the story of oddly paired partners Terry Hoitz (Wahlberg), and Allen Gamble (Will Ferrell), the action comedy is fun, but in the end, flawed. Allen is a forensic accountant who …
Friends of mine and I always discuss how the era of the fun summer action movie has been long over. Where are the Lethal Weapons? The lighthearted “fun” Die Hards?” The ridiculous but extremely awesome Face/Offs? Every action movie we see these days is a brooding, serious, gritty film. There is nothing wrong with that, …