Vishniac (video review)
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Tag: 4 stars
Life Itself (2014)
For those of us who write about film – spurred for this critic by a passion for the medium that oozes from my very pores – Roger Ebert was our great mentor, a poetic grandfatherly figure who seemed to simplify the art of simply being honest. For 46 years, Ebert wrote about movies in a […]
The LEGO Movie (2014)
“The LEGO Movie” is a happy and exhilarating ball of fun. It’s a bright, colorful, quick-witted adventure that stretches the animated form as far as it can possibly go, spinning its characters into other dimensions and other realms. In short, it does exactly what animation is supposed to do. It plays around in a magical […]
Her (2013)
The world around Theodore Twombly contains a lot of empty space. In his job, in his social life, and in his heart, he is a lonely man. He’s not depressing to be around, but you sense that there is a good deal of melancholy about him. You might passively notice him at work, but if […]
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
The constant theme of Martin Scorsese’s best work are the temptations of the flesh, never more aptly seen than though the prism of real-life subjects. He’s explored this through Jake LaMotta, Howard Hughes, Henry Hill and Jesus Christ, but in his new film The Wolf of Wall Street, Jordan Belfort may have the most savage […]
American Hustle (2013)
“American Hustle” opens with the construction of an unfortunate hairpiece. A balding man looks in the mirror, works his comb-over before gluing his new hair in place. When the process is complete, the result looks – hey! – not so bad. It’s quite an intricate process. The careful application of these fake follicles represents, in […]
Nebraska (2013)
It is not all that surprising that it has taken 50 years for Bruce Dern to find a role that fits him like a glove. He is an actor that Hollywood never really knew what to do with, an intense actor whose characters were always burning with a level of frustration that kept you at […]
Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
It is reasonable to assume that since Saving Mr. Banks is a production from Walt Disney Pictures and features a story involving Uncle Walt himself that the film would come off as an act of shameless self-congratulations. In a way, it does, but the story told here is much better and far more meaningful than […]
Blue is the Warmest Color
Forget, for a moment, that “Blue is the Warmest Colour” is the story about two women in love. Here is a movie so universal in its themes and so broad in its emotions that it could really be about people of any gender, race or sexual orientation. While Hollywood films simply prattle on about love […]
