F.I.L.M. of the Week (December 11, 2009)
This week’s “F.I.L.M.” (First-Class, Independent Little-Known Movie for those that need a refresher) is George Clooney’s “Good Night, and Good Luck.” The movie follows newscaster Edward R. Murrow’s...
View ArticleREVIEW: Cold Souls
Paul Giamatti is usually a pretty funny guy; his facial movements alone can illicit a few good laughs. But not even he has the power to fill the emptiness of “Cold Souls.” Giamatti hasn’t exactly...
View ArticleREVIEW: Howl
If you yearn for an alternative to the tired narrative structure of Hollywood films but want it without all the puzzling avant-garde vibes of a Terence Malick movie, perhaps “Howl” is a good pick for...
View ArticleREVIEW: Godzilla
In 2010, Gareth Edwards unleashed the ultra-low budget flick “Monsters” on the world. It was a striking debut, and it also wound up serving as an audition tape for the job of reenergizing the...
View ArticleREVIEW: Louder Than Bombs
It feels quite fitting that Joachim Trier’s “Louder Than Bombs” features voiceover narration comes from all different characters. The writer/director frequently harbors novelistic ambitions in his...
View ArticleREVIEW: American Pastoral
Without any knowledge of the source material, it’s hard to draw a line between novelist Philip Roth’s grandiloquence and the bombast of the film adaptation of “American Pastoral,” the latest attempt to...
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