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NYFF Journal: The Irishman

Jason Gorber — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 00:00:22 +0000

With a running time of just under 3 ½ hours, I’m less time away from The Irishman writing this review than it took to watch the film, yet even in these moments following the first screening, it feels like if I’ve witnessed something truly special. In a year where numerous movies feel like the culmination...

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Now Streaming – Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story

Jason Gorber — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 16:00:27 +0000

Can documentaries that lie tell deeper truths? What happens when a film ostensibly presented as non-fiction has actors, famous or otherwise, completely bullshitting stories about one of the most famous rock gigs in history? Does this elevate the fun or make it more obnoxious? Like much of what made Bob Dylan one of the greatest...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of May 28th, 2017 – Of Ghosts and Gods

Josh Zyber — Tue, 30 May 2017 12:00:03 +0000

It’s the end of a month and a holiday week. The assortment of interesting new Blu-rays is a bit thin. You’ll have to look beyond the recent theatrical releases to find a few goodies hidden among the catalog titles. The studios aren’t even bothering to release any movies on Ultra HD this week. New Releases...

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‘Silence’ Review: A Masterful Catholic Guilt Trip

Philip Brown — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 16:00:38 +0000

The great Martin Scorsese spent decades struggling to make ‘Silence’. Many casts signed on and then departed once the cash flow dried up. It took the combined forces of putting Spider-Man and Han Solo, Jr. in the lead roles before anyone agreed to bankroll this thing and even then, it almost has to be assumed...

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The Best of the Best in Film in 2016, Part 1

Philip Brown — Fri, 30 Dec 2016 13:00:24 +0000

All right, 2016. Yer done. At long last. Yesterday I looked back inside of you and pulled out the worst of the worst of the cinematic garbage that you shoved into my eye sockets and out my butthole. I didn’t appreciate that, 2016. That wasn’t nice. You know I like movies. Why you gotta make...

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Weekend Roundtable: Worst Celebrity Animation Voice Acting

Josh Zyber — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 19:00:03 +0000

When I watch the ads for DreamWorks’ new movie ‘Home’, all I can hear is the voice of Sheldon from ‘The Big Bang Theory’ coming out of the little alien. That immediately breaks my suspension of disbelief. In today’s Roundtable, we’ll look at some other really annoying cases of celebrity stunt-casting in animated movies. In...

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Oscar Poll: Best Director 2014

Josh Zyber — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:00:36 +0000

In most years, the Academy likes to pair up the Best Picture and Best Director trophies in sync. After all, how can a movie be the best picture of the year if the director didn’t do the best job making it? Will that be the case again this year, or will voters separate the categories?...

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Thumbs Up: A Review of ‘Life Itself’

Shannon Nutt — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 17:00:28 +0000

This past weekend, a new documentary about the life of Roger Ebert called ‘Life Itself’ (based upon his book of the same name) debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. Directed by Steve James, who helmed the great ‘Hoop Dreams’ and ‘The Interrupters’, the movie not only tells Roger’s story, but is given access to the...

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Now Playing: Greed Really Is Good

Luke Hickman — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 14:00:54 +0000

Oliver Stone and Michael Douglas have nothing on Martin Scorsese’s new based-on-a-true-story portrayal of Wall Street. Normally, movies released on Christmas Day consist of happy holiday content, but ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ goes against that grain. It’s the anti-Christmas movie. Leonardo DiCaprio plays real-life stock market manipulator Jordan Belfort, who, in the 1990s, took...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of December 8th, 2013 – A Spoonful of Sugar

Josh Zyber — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 14:00:18 +0000

As we continue our charge towards Christmas, it should come as no surprise that this week’s new Blu-ray releases put a major focus on movies that appeal to children and parents. I suppose I’ll be in that category soon, so I better get used to it. Fun for the Whole Family Those adorable Minions are...

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Mid-Week Poll: Which December 2013 Movies Are You Excited To See?

Josh Zyber — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 14:00:00 +0000

Along with beaming children, the warm embrace of families, holiday cheer and all that nonsense, the end of the year also brings with it a bunch of big new movie releases. December is traditionally a time when Hollywood rolls out a bunch of potential blockbusters and Oscar hopefuls. Which movies this month do you look...

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The Trailer Park: Old Wolves, New Tricks

M. Enois Duarte — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 19:00:25 +0000

This set of trailers for some potentially great upcoming movies leaves me feeling a little hesitant. The films all have potential, but the previews aren’t very convincing. I think that the success of these movies will definitely ride on the casts, directors and interest in the stories, rather than how well the trailers sell them....

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