Film Review: Looper
Rian Johnson’s latest effort is an excellent modern sci-fi film, that somehow managed to avoid giving away its biggest secrets in its advertising, the actual story.
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DVD Review: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
I shouldn’t be surprised that Stephen Sommers’ big screen adaptation of the G.I. Joe franchise was a big, loud, noisy mess. I think part of it comes from my unabashed enjoyment of the first “Mummy” movie. And I think it is that enjoyment that I take with me into every Sommers movie, trying to recapture …
‘500 Days’ to Open Locarno Film Festival
500 Days of Summer will be making its European premiere at the 62nd Locarno Film Festival. The film stars Joseph Gordeon-Levvitt and Zooey Deschanel, and was directed by Marc Webb. I was fortunate enough to see this film at IFFBoston 2009, and my review can be read here. The film will be screening out-of-competition at …
IFFBoston Review: 500 Days of Summer
The narrator states right at the beginning of ‘500 Days of Summer’ that this film is not a love story. You think, “Yeah right. It has a boy, a girl, and its about their relationship, how is that not a love story.” Well, I’ll further afirm the fact, that ‘500 Days of Summer’ is not …