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REVIEW: Ruby Sparks
My second review on this site was for a movie I was quite high on three years ago, “(500) Days of Summer,” and remain a big fan of to this day. Back then, it was the little indie that could, a summer...
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REVIEW: Celeste and Jesse Forever
I won’t lie: I’m a little ready for the post-“(500) Days of Summer” boom of quirky romantic comedies to die down or at least start getting somewhat original again. Not that Rashida Jones and Andy...
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REVIEW: Argo
Every year, one movie speaks to a sense of now. Whether intentionally (“Up in the Air“) or unintentionally (“The Artist“), their messages resonate with current concerns and taps powerfully into the...
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REVIEW: 28 Hotel Rooms
There are times when “28 Hotel Rooms” feels like all too familiar of a movie. The fragmented narrative, giving us a glance into the lives of a man and a woman (Chris Messina and Marin Ireland) when...
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REVIEW: Cake
Jennifer Aniston stars in “Cake” as Claire Bennett, a woman struggling with chronic pain following a tragic automotive accident. The poster and production stills almost completely hide it, but she...
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REVIEW: Manglehorn
RiverRun International Film Festival Since hitting what most people would deem rock-bottom with the twofer of “Your Highness” and “The Sitter” in 2011, director David Gordon Green has rebounded with a...
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REVIEW: Digging for Fire
As writer/director Joe Swanberg wanders the corridors of marital discontent in his latest film, “Digging for Fire,” I could not help but wonder if this is what Stanley Kubrick’s “Eyes Wide Shut” would...
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REVIEW: Alex of Venice
“Alex of Venice” is the filmic version of the kind of “sad comedy” that thrives on a basic cable or streaming service. Perhaps, after binging five hours, it would feel like a satisfying, whole portrait...
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REVIEW: Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Say what you want about John Krasinski’s directorial debut, an adaptation of David Foster Wallace’s book “Brief Interviews with Hideous Men,” but you cannot say the film does not fulfill its title. At...
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REVIEW: Live by Night
A few years ago, some lawmakers courted controversy by hyping themselves up for a debt ceiling showdown with a scene from Ben Affleck’s “The Town.” In the clip shown, a character flatly states, “I need...
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