They Shot the Piano Player (2024)
Spanish director Fernando Truaba is one of those [...]
Archive for March, 2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is 500 pounds of movie heaped on a 10 pound story. This is a clunky, misguided, unhappy and ultimately exhausting experience that runs on for 2 hours and 33 minutes wherein it repeats it’s themes over and over and over with overcooked imagery that must have cost a million […]
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
In show business timing is everything, so when you take too long to follow-up on your success, you’re setting yourself up for weak soup. This has been the case for Sin City, Basic Instinct, Wall Street, Indiana Jones, TRON and, I’ll wager, the upcoming My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2. It is never a good […]
Armchair Oscars – 2015
Best Picture THE WINNER: Spotlight (Directed by Tom McCarthy) The Nominees: The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Room MY CHOICE: Inside Out (Directed by Peter Docter) My Nominees: Carol (Todd Haynes), Creed (Ryan Coogler), Ex Machina (Alex Garland), 45 Years (Andrew Haigh), The Revenant (Alejandro González […]
