Green Room is a divisive movie. Members of the audience I saw it with were shouting expletives and walking out in equal parts. (more…)
The James Bond Rewatch: THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (1987)
I fondly remember The Living Daylights as one of the better 80’s Bonds, and a much-needed palate cleanser after Moore’s run devolved into goofiness.
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THE END OF THE TOUR Review: A Road Trip With David Foster Wallace
The End of the Tour is the kind of focused character study that would’ve felt at home in the more freewheeling cinema landscape of the 70’s but feels like an anachronism now. (more…)
The James Bond Rewatch: A VIEW TO A KILL (1985)
A long-in-the-tooth Roger Moore finishes out his lengthy run as James Bond with A View to a Kill. With the inimitable Christopher Walken and Grace Jones as villains it can’t be all bad, can it?
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Review: MISTRESS AMERICA Resurrects The Screwball Comedy
The movie Mistress America, like its character Brooke, walks a fine line between charming and grating. Director Noah Baumbach’s usual acidic wit is on full display here but it’s tempered by the sentimentality that frequent collaborator Greta Gerwig (who co-wrote with Baumbach) provides. (more…)
The James Bond Rewatch: OCTOPUSSY (1983)
I’m not sure if fans were clamouring to see Roger Moore dressed as a sad clown during the climax of a James Bond film, but the suggestively titled Octopussy fulfils that wish anyway.
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THE GIFT Review: Turning Social Awkwardness Into Suspense
It’s all in the eyes. In The Gift, Joel Edgerton’s deeply creepy Gordo has dark ones – “black eyes like a doll’s eyes” as Quint from Jaws would say. (more…)
Review: Explosive STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON Mythologizes The Near Past
The issues facing biopics can be insurmountable: the risk of catering too much to still living subjects, shying away from harsh truths, stuffing the film with too much incident, performances devolving into simple impersonations, and many more. (more…)
The James Bond Rewatch: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY (1981)
Like the child that rebels against hippie parents by being conservative, For Your Eyes Only steers the Bond franchise towards gritty realism after the fantastical sci-fi of Moonraker.
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TERMINATOR GENISYS Review: Aggressyvely Awfyl
It’s great to see Arnold Schwarzenegger back on the big screen but he continues to be the best thing in bad movies during his rocky comeback. (more…)
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