animation, comedy, family, film reviews, musical/concert, shorts

REVIEW: Daffy’s Rhapsody [2012]

0 Comments 07 February 2012

“Bullets whipping past my tail” Much like 2010′s Coyote Falls brought Wile E. Coyote and the Roadrunner back to the big screen in 3D computer form, 2012 reintroduces us to venerable favorites Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd in Daffy’s Rhapsody. Using the 1953 ode from Warren Foster and Michael Maltese with music by Billy May—in [...]

essays, top 10 films

Top Ten Films of 2011: Melancholy with a slice of hope

0 Comments 06 February 2012

This list is accurate as of post-date. So many films and not enough time to see them all—150 seen is this year’s number—the potential for future change is inevitable, but as of today here are the best … If anyone tells you 2011 was a bad year for cinema, stop in your tracks, turn around [...]

top 10 films by year, top 10 lists

Top 25 Films of 2011

0 Comments 06 February 2012

(short and sweet and to the point; culled from watching 150 releases. constantly updated as i catch up to those i missed. click poster for review if applicable) #25: Heart of Now directed by Zak Forsman. #24: The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 directed by Göran Olsson #23: Win Win directed by Thomas McCarthy. #22: The [...]

film reviews, horror

REVIEW: The Innkeepers [2011]

0 Comments 03 February 2012

“Why do you always seem so surprised that I talk to the guests?” It’s rare to see an asthmatic this side of The Goonies, but something about a young, petite blonde puffing her inhaler in a horror flick reliant on making her scared enough to gulp air adds a little flavor. Fearless in her desire [...]

action/adventure, family, fantasy, film reviews

REVIEW: Journey to the Center of the Earth [2008]

0 Comments 02 February 2012

“No one gets dibs on the mountain guide” I feel really bad for Canada now that the adventure it holds for young Sean Anderson (Josh Hutcherson) and his mother (Jane Wheeler) will never quite live up to the boy’s quick little Journey to the Center of the Earth. Perhaps it can offer something in the [...]

comedy, film reviews, romance

REVIEW: Ball of Fire [1941]

0 Comments 31 January 2012

“Don’t tell me the jive session has beat off without baby!” With the likes of His Girl Friday, The Big Sleep, Rio Bravo, and Bringing Up Baby, it may seem odd that my first foray into Howard Hawks‘ oeuvre would be the screwball comedy Ball of Fire. Considering I’m criminally behind on catching up with [...]

action/adventure, film reviews, suspense/thriller

REVIEW: Haywire [2012]

0 Comments 26 January 2012

“Oh, God. There’s a deer in the car.” If not for the cast list, I would treat Steven Soderbergh‘s Haywire as the newest entry to the experimental, off-the-beaten path section of his oeuvre. Without mentioning the larger scale Che—which is quite possibly his least mainstream film of the aughts—this quiet actioner fits right in as [...]

film reviews, suspense/thriller

REVIEW: Man on a Ledge [2012]

0 Comments 25 January 2012

“I can see his leg shaking from here” I’ll give TV movie scribe Pablo F. Fenjves light applause for hooking me during the first two thirds, but the real kudos go to documentarian Asger Leth and his ability to make even the implausibly contrived and impossibly far-fetched finale not take away from the entertaining little [...]

action/adventure, animation, film reviews, foreign, science fiction

REVIEW: Hagane no renkinjutsushi: Mirosu no seinaru hoshi [Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos] [2011]

0 Comments 23 January 2012

“The myths of the Milosian people are stained in blood” Anime truly is a breed of its own and a genre not to be trifled with by the weak at heart. Just take the popular saga of “Fullmetal Alchemist” and the amount of work created from Hiromu Arakawa‘s world. Spawning two separate television series adapted [...]

comedy, drama, film reviews, romance

REVIEW: The Artist [2011]

0 Comments 21 January 2012

“Farewell Norma. I never loved you.” It all starts with a kiss for the cameras and the dot of an eyeliner pen. From there a star is born in the form of Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo) while her accidental impetus to become an actress ends up an industry dinosaur of a bygone era overnight. Silent [...]

action/adventure, film reviews, horror

REVIEW: Underworld: Awakening [2012]

0 Comments 21 January 2012

“My heart isn’t cold, it’s broken” I like dark, sci-fi actioners and I’m unafraid to admit it. I’ve seen every Underworld and Resident Evil in the theatre and anticipate continuing that trend until their respective series die. My interest in each comes from different motivations, though. No matter how cheesy and overly stylish the vampire [...]

• REVIEW: Senna [2011] 2012/02/10
• REVIEW: The Woman in Black [2012] 2012/02/09
• REVIEW: Journey 2: The Mysterious Island [2012] 2012/02/07
• REVIEW: Daffy’s Rhapsody [2012] 2012/02/07
• Top Ten Films of 2011: Melancholy with a slice of hope 2012/02/06
• Top 25 Films of 2011 2012/02/06
• REVIEW: The Innkeepers [2011] 2012/02/03
• REVIEW: Journey to the Center of the Earth [2008] 2012/02/02
• REVIEW: Ball of Fire [1941] 2012/01/31
• REVIEW: Haywire [2012] 2012/01/26

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