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TIFF Journal: Gloria Bell

Jason Gorber — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 16:00:00 +0000

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. However, in Lelio’s hands, the film also feels as fresh as ever. The story is reinvigorated by its new settings...

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‘Molly’s Game’ Review: Sorkin at His Sorkiniest

Philip Brown — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 17:00:31 +0000

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’, based on the secret-spewing biography by underground poker goddess Molly Bloom. The subject is ripe for...

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TIFF Journal: ‘Molly’s Game’

Philip Brown — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 19:00:20 +0000

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 a plot and ram themes down viewers’ throats. ‘Molly’s Game’ is fairly fun and rather funny. After all,...

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‘Lemon’ Review: Mundane Surrealism

Philip Brown — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 17:00:55 +0000

‘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 show business. However, it works better than most because writer/star Brett Gelman and director Janicza...

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‘Twin Peaks’ 3.03 & 3.04 Recaps: “It’s Not About the Bunny”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 24 May 2017 12:00:42 +0000

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 improvement, especially Episode 4. Of course, an argument can be made that taking nearly four hours to...

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‘The Lego Batman Movie’ Review: Same Bat-Brick, Same Bat-Fun

Philip Brown — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 20:00:32 +0000

‘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 wonderful explosion of creativity and comedy instead. Now the scene-stealing Bat-star of that film has his own...

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‘Sausage Party’ Review: Dirty Pixar

Philip Brown — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 19:00:38 +0000

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 Evan Goldberg, there’s always some sort of clever genre game, surprisingly layer of emotional honesty, or...

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Weekend Movies: Children at Play

Luke Hickman — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 16:00:54 +0000

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 (no, I’m not hinting at the Sandler flick) and a slew of promising indie releases. I’m a...

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Now Playing: ‘This Is’ Hilarious

Bryan Kluger — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:00:47 +0000

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, the entire Apatow gang plus many more cameos from popular comedians all play themselves...

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‘Arrested Development’ Season 4 Recap: “Daddy Needs to Get His Rocks Off”

Shannon Nutt — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:00:35 +0000

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 available all at once, which allows fans to binge on the Bluths or take their time to savor each and every...

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Sundance Journal: ‘The End of Love’

Luke Hickman — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:00:00 +0000

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 smaller films. It may not really be the case, but it seems like he...

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Branching out at Sundance

Luke Hickman — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:00:17 +0000

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 festival. This year, I’m doing things a little differently. Sure, it’s going...

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