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F.I.L.M. of the Week (July 30, 2010)
I had always been interested in seeing “Boogie Nights.” And for those of you who happen to know the film’s subject matter, no, it’s not because I wanted to see certain things. Released in 1997, the...
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F.I.L.M. of the Week (August 20, 2010)
It’s the one-year anniversary of the “F.I.L.M. of the Week” column! I thought the best way to celebrate that milestone would be by featuring one of my-all time favorites, “Almost Famous.” It’s not...
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F.I.L.M. of the Week (October 7, 2011)
I don’t quite know what inspired me to watch “25th Hour” recently, but I’m certainly glad that I did. Spike Lee’s 2002 film about the heavy weight of the past and the future that we carry around in...
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REVIEW: The Ides of March
George Clooney’s “The Ides of March” makes plenty of references to the brokenness of the American political system, something you can observe by merely turning on the news nowadays. But perhaps the...
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REVIEW: Moneyball
The sports movie is in a rut, I’ll just go ahead and say it. When movies like “Warrior” receives almost unanimous acclaim and “The Blind Side” can get a Best Picture nomination, the genre is in need...
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F.I.L.M. of the Week (March 2, 2012)
Not HER again… Actually, YES, her again. Meryl Streep won her third Oscar last week, and while many (including myself) were a little upset because we were hoping Viola Davis would pull out a historic...
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Oscar Moment: First 2012 Predictions
It’s never too early to start guessing, right? With Cannes yielding little to start Oscar conversation, the pressure is on for the fall to deliver in a big way. Film festivals in Venice, Toronto, and...
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REVIEW: The Master
It has been a very long time since cinema has been graced with anything quite like “The Master.” Everyone must concede that whether or not Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film works for them on a...
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Oscar Moment: Final 2012 Predictions, Part 2 (Supporting)
With the 2012 Oscar race now immobile until nominations are announced Thursday morning, January 10, now it’s time to take one last look at the contenders and the pretenders before the dust settles....
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REVIEW: Pirate Radio
Musical theatre thrives on the creative sparks of others. Not to diminish the many accomplishments of that art form, but in recent years, just about everything has been an adaptation. (Except “The...
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REVIEW: A Most Wanted Man
Director Anton Corbijn came into film through photography, a background which makes itself quite evident in “A Most Wanted Man.” There’s a certain placidity and patience in the proceedings that seem...
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REVIEW: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Unlike the “Harry Potter” finale, which ran over 800 pages in length, the last installment of “The Hunger Games” probably did not necessitate a two-part cinematic conclusion. But alas, the filmmaking...
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F.I.L.M. of the Week (November 19, 2015)
As I watched the climax of “The Hunger Games” series, my mind drifted away from the action on screen thanks to the presence of a fairly blatantly digitized Philip Seymour Hoffman. The resemblance was...
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REVIEW: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
Much like the “Harry Potter” series, the final installment of “The Hunger Games” departs radically from the formula of all entries that came prior. “Mockingjay – Part 2” does not actually feature the...
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