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What To Look Forward To In … November 2009
The holiday movie season begins to kick into high gear in the month of November, as does exciting Oscar season. Accordingly, this post is longer than the previous monthly preview posts. Brace...
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REVIEW: Superman Returns
PREFACE: I mentioned back in Random Factoid #42 that I had gone through a stint of reviewing movies when I was 13. After rummaging through my old home computer, I managed to find some of these reviews....
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REVIEW: The Men Who Stare At Goats
Much of “The Men Who Stare At Goats” follows dumb-struck reporter Bob Wilton (Ewan MacGregor) and straight-faced former psychic spy Lyn Cassidy (George Clooney) meandering through the Iraqi desert....
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FINCHERFEST: Se7en
A real review of David Fincher’s work should begin with “Se7en,” the first movie he takes full credit for. It was a financial success in 1995 and has since become an adored movie by fans on video....
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REVIEW: Horrible Bosses
We are now inhabiting the post-”Hangover” world, and in case you needed any proof that studios are looking to locate the success gene in the hit comedy’s DNA, I submit “Horrible Bosses” as evidence....
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REVIEW: Margin Call
If anyone ever wanted to know about the problems facing rich white people, tell them to pop “Margin Call” into their DVD player. When it’s not faintly allegorizing what “Inside Job” had the balls to...
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F.I.L.M. of the Week (February 26, 2015)
As it turns out, Kevin Spacey has been training to play the role of his life, Frank Underwood, for decades now. Back in 1995, he starred in “Swimming with Sharks,” a biting satirization of Hollywood’s...
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REVIEW: Elvis & Nixon
Director Liza Johnson has a tendency not to go for the easy laughs, perhaps even to the detriment of the films. In 2014’s “Hateship Loveship,” she almost never allowed Kristen Wiig’s pathetic...
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REVIEW: Baby Driver
I saw Edgar Wright’s “Baby Driver” twice in the span of a month and fixated primarily on how it functioned as a new take on the movie musical. (If you want my full thoughts on that aspect, check out my...
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