TIFF Journal: ‘Kodachrome’
You know you’re deep in the midst of Oscar season when you see a movie that exists exclusively due to a single performance. ‘Kodachrome’ is based on a true story that’s inspirational and blah blah blah̷...
You know you’re deep in the midst of Oscar season when you see a movie that exists exclusively due to a single performance. ‘Kodachrome’ is based on a true story that’s inspirational and blah blah blah̷...
Every day, social media provides new and exciting opportunities for humiliation. The services have made communication easier and invented all new forms of public shame. It only makes sense that cringe comedies would thrive in this...
After getting deserved attention for his screenplays for the bitter modern Westerns ‘Sicario’ and ‘Hell or High Water’, former ‘Sons of Anarchy’ actor Taylor Sheridan returns with another new sp...
Taylor Sheridan struck gold twice in a row with his screenplays for ‘Sicario’ and ‘Hell or High Water’. His latest effort, ‘Wind River’, came into the Sundance festival with swarms of buzz – esp...
‘Captain America: Civil War’ plastered a big, dopey, childish grin on my face from start to finish due to how much it truly feels like a comic book brought to life. The movie is unapologetic to unfamiliar audiences lik...
The tale of Country/Western singer Hank Williams, Sr. is such a fascinating and distinctly American tragedy that it seems like it would be nearly impossible to make an uninteresting film about his life. Yet here comes ‘I Saw...
The biggest problem with ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ is simply that no movie could have possibly lived up to its expectations. 2012’s ‘The Avengers’ had the advantage of being the first movie to combine...
SMASH! STOMP! ROAAAARRR!!! Godzilla is back, and one of our readers will get a free Blu-ray copy of this summer’s new blockbuster hit movie. Let’s see who won.
The last time Godzilla came to America, he was subjected to the indignity of a rap battle with Puff Daddy. This time he gets a genuinely awe-inspiring, if overly serious, blockbuster worthy of his name. Thank God… zilla!
In theaters across the U.S. today are two supposedly action-packed flicks – one which was screened for press members who had to sign a strict embargo, and another that wasn’t screened in my region at all. I’ll allow yo...
Independent films? Really? Nah. The Premiere section at Sundance is always a collection of films designed to draw a crowd of well-known movie stars to the summit of Park City. The big names, in both acting and directing, are huge ...
At least in my opinion, it’s rare that a TV box set would be the best Blu-ray release of the week. Perhaps that’s because I stopped collecting TV shows when I realized that I never made time to rewatch all the episodes...