TIFF Journal: Gloria Bell
Fans of Sebastián Lelio’s 2013 Chilean film Gloria may be perturbed to find the director retreading old grounds. Gloria Bell at times feels like a shot-for-shot remake with an English cast headed by Julianne Moore.
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‘Molly’s Game’ Review: Sorkin at His Sorkiniest
After writing a few good screenplays that were tamed by a few good directors (‘The Social Network’, ‘Steve Jobs’, ‘A Few Good Men’, etc.) Aaron Sorkin has finally gone ahead and directed a movie himself. It’s called ‘Molly’s Game’...
TIFF Journal: ‘Molly’s Game’
Aaron Sorkin finally directed one of his screenplays and the results are pretty much what you’d expect. That snappy, Sorkiny dialogue explodes out of characters’ mouths at a fever pitch. Rat-a-tat snark and smarm slowly tease out ...
‘Lemon’ Review: Mundane Surrealism
‘Lemon’ feels like a million other movies in that it’s another indie quirkfest about an awkward guy awkwardly having a hard time finding his place in an awkward world. It’s even set in Los Angeles so that awkwardness can involve s...
‘Twin Peaks’ 3.03 & 3.04 Recaps: “It’
In addition to the two-hour premiere, Showtime has also made the following two episodes of ‘Twin Peaks’ available early via On-Demand. Assuming you weren’t turned off by the premiere enough to give up, these two are a decided impr...
‘The Lego Batman Movie’ Review: Same Bat-Brick, Same
‘The Lego Movie’ shouldn’t have been nearly as good as it was. The product placement pop culture extravaganza could have been a wearily commercial enterprise designed to sell expensive pieces of plastic, but turned out to be a won...
‘Sausage Party’ Review: Dirty Pixar
We aren’t quite there yet, but there will come a point when people recognize that Seth Rogen is actually a little underappreciated. He’s made some crap, sure, but when the guy actually writes and controls his projects with partner...
Weekend Movies: Children at Play
Unless you’re an unapologetic fan of Guillermo del Toro, the ‘Transformers’ movies or Adam Sandler, you might see this weekend as waste. However, there’s a solid piece of entertainment to be found where you might not expect one (n...
Now Playing: ‘This Is’ Hilarious
Car crashes, explosions, decapitations, exorcisms, the apocalypse and tons of dick jokes make up Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen’s ‘This Is the End’ – and it’s the most fun I’ve had at the movies in ten years. In this dark comedy, th...
‘Arrested Development’ Season 4 Recap: “Daddy N
Seven years after being canceled by Fox, ‘Arrested Development’ returns with 15 brand-new episodes (currently) available only on Netflix. Like it has done with its other exclusive series, Netflix has made the entire season availab...
Sundance Journal: ‘The End of Love’
Within mainstream cinema, Mark Webber is probably best known for his role as Stephen Stills in ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World‘. For those of you with your fingers one the pulse of indie cinema, you might know him from his many small...
Branching out at Sundance
Each January, I typically spend a week on the mountain cramming in as many movies as possible at the Sundance Film Festival. After four five-movie days, I usually teeter out and screen a movie or two a day for the remainder of the...