Category: Movies
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El Topo
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Read more: El TopoThe monotony and absurdity of its final hour is just about enough to chase away the good feeling achieved by the bloody, perverted beginning.
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Cinderella Man
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Read more: Cinderella ManThe story of James J. Braddock is cut from the same cloth, and were it not for the factual record, we simply couldn’t believe it.
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The House Film Review
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Read more: The House Film ReviewTwo couples start the illegal casino after they destroying their daughters entire college fund.
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Top Casino Genre Movies Review
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Read more: Top Casino Genre Movies ReviewIn terms of a setting for a film, the casino seems to have it all. Glamorous surroundings, beautiful people, drama, conflict and sharp reverses of fortune that can hinge on the turn of a card or the roll of a dice all make for riveting viewing. But, while there have been many casino-based movies it’s…
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Under the Skin (2013)
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Read more: Under the Skin (2013)While accurate, to dismiss Jonathan Glazer’s unorthodox alien sci-fi as enigmatic is a simplistic exercise in reductionism, but it is also the easiest to do. Though tangential, comparisons to 2001: A Space Odyssey were inevitable, they would prove only insofar as creative intent. What Kubrick sought to ask would ultimately eclipse what his epic attempted…
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The Nice Guys
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Read more: The Nice GuysThe Nice Guys was a highly rated (7.9 on IMDB and 70 with Metacritic) movie starring Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling. I was expecting an entertaining movie in the spirit of Lethal Weapon or 48 Hours , but what I saw was more to the tune of Dumb and Dumber. Dumb was a fat, misshapen…
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Network
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Read more: NetworkI don’t believe a better script has ever been penned.
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The Trials of Muhammad Ali
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Read more: The Trials of Muhammad AliA radical in winter.
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Mommie Dearest
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Read more: Mommie DearestShe’s not mad at you, she’s mad at the dirt.
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Forgetting Sarah Marshall
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Read more: Forgetting Sarah MarshallI was hooting and roaring uncontrollably with an audience that looked like the focus group set up for the new Big Lots ad campaign.