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Dumbo (2019) Review: You Oughta Be Ashamed of Yourself

Jason Gorber — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 19:00:14 +0000

In 1941, Walt Disney Productions and RKO released Dumbo, the story of a flying elephant with mommy issues. Running just over an hour, the film about a floppy-eared pachyderm and a bunch of circus performers has become an animated classic. Following latest trend from the studio, it’s also another old property to be mined, magnified,...

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‘American Assassin’ Review: Put a Bullet in It

Philip Brown — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 15:00:19 +0000

These days, it’s almost difficult to remember that terrorists used to be the most common action movie villains around. The ’80s and ’90s filmmakers who relied on that trope weren’t attempting to be political. Terrorists were just the easy bad guy targets of action heroes blowing stuff up real good. Today, any action movie hinged...

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‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Review: A Warm Welcome Back

Luke Hickman — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 12:00:31 +0000

After five financially successful films, Sony decided to reboot the ‘Spider-Man’ franchise for the second time, giving us our third cinematic web-slinger in the new standalone film, ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’. Having enjoyed each of the previous movies (despite their faults) and currently suffering a maddening bout of Marvel fatigue, ‘Homecoming’ was an excellent surprise. It’s the...

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‘The Founder’ Review: Great Script, Great Cast, Missed Direction

Philip Brown — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 18:00:36 +0000

‘The Founder’ is a good film very much worth watching. Unfortunately, it’s all too clear that the movie derives from a great script that wasn’t quite given the directorial touch it deserved. The screenplay comes from former ‘Onion’ writer Robert Siegel, who previously delivered two fascinating and darkly comedic character studies in ‘The Wrestler’ and...

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‘Spotlight’ Review: Delicately Powerful

Philip Brown — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 20:00:06 +0000

‘Spotlight’ is a film that moves viewers in small ways, yet it’s also the closest thing to an epic that writer/director Tom McCarthy will likely ever make. Previously, McCarthy focused on small and delicate character studies like ‘The Station Agent’, ‘The Visitor’ and ‘Win Win’. (Let’s just pretend that ‘The Cobbler’ doesn’t exist.). ‘Spotlight’ continues...

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TIFF Journal: ‘Spotlight’

Philip Brown — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 19:00:17 +0000

Based on the 2001 Pultizer Prize winning Boston Globe exposé of corruption within the Catholic Church, Tom McCarthy’s latest film ‘Spotlight’ is both a sprawling study of a disturbing issue and an intimately small human drama. Credit for that difficult mix goes to director and co-writer McCarthy, bouncing back from last year’s bizarre misstep ‘The...

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‘Minions’ Review: Meh, It’s Fine

Philip Brown — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 19:00:57 +0000

The ‘Despicable Me’ franchise might not have been perfect, but it produced some animated icons in the bumbling Minions. Sporting a simple design and sputtering out cute gibberish, the Minions were perfectly calculated to tickle children and sell plush toys, and dammit they deserved the attention. It should come as no surprise that the Minions...

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Statuesque: The 2015 Spirit & Razzie Awards

Josh Zyber — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 17:00:10 +0000

Though you undoubtedly had little reason to notice, the Oscars actually weren’t the only movie awards handed out over the weekend. As per tradition, the Independent Spirit Awards and the Razzies both continued to demonstrate their ever-growing irrelevance. Independent Spirit Awards Originally intended as a celebration of the small indie films that other award ceremonies...

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Weekend Roundtable: Worst Movies Starring 2015 Oscar Nominees

Josh Zyber — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 20:00:23 +0000

Oh sure, they may be basking in the acclaim of their latest hits now, but this year’s Oscar nominees haven’t always starred in such award-worthy movies. In fact, many of them have made a lot of crap. As we prepare to watch the Academy Awards ceremony this weekend, let’s remember how far some of these...

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Statuesque: Shannon’s 2015 Oscar Predictions

Shannon Nutt — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 14:00:43 +0000

About a month ago, this year’s Academy Awards seemed like a perfunctory affair, with most of the major categories leaning heavily toward one movie particular movie or actor. Since then, however, it’s become a real horse race between two films: the early frontrunner ‘Boyhood’ and the late bloomer ‘Birdman’. How things will actually pan out...

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Statuesque: Redmayne Now a Best Actor Frontrunner

Shannon Nutt — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 20:00:47 +0000

While there were no huge surprises in the movie categories at the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards this past Sunday night, one thing became clear as the evening came to a close: Eddie Redmayne is now the clear frontrunner for a Best Actor Oscar. Redmayne and Michael Keaton each took home Best Actor trophies...

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Statuesque: 2015 Golden Globe Predictions – Movies

Shannon Nutt — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 20:00:22 +0000

On Sunday night, January 11th, the 72nd Golden Globes will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. Unlike many previous ceremonies, this year there are no clear-cut frontrunners in most of the major categories. Below, I’ll take my best crack at guessing who I think will walk away with the major movie...

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