Twenty years ago, Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge! brought life back to movie musicals. While they had been a staple of the 1950s and ’60s, they lost popularity over the decades. Then in 2001, Luhrmann wowed the world with this original…
King of Thieves Movie Review: A middle-of-the-road heist flick
From the seminal (The Italian Job) to the near unwatchable (Going in Style), Michael Caine is no stranger to heist movies. For that matter, neither are Jim Broadbent, Tom Courtenay, Ray Winstone, or Paul Whitehouse, which appears to be the…
Jon’s Movie Review: ‘Big Game’
This summer, the blockbuster films have been like going through a barren, scorching desert. Every once in a while, we come across a few refreshing oases that keep us going and continue to give us life. When your choices this weekend…
Tribeca 2014 Review | Shorts: Handle with Care
These were five short films about stories that require very delicate care in the more hefty of life’s situations. Scratch Irish filmmaker, Philip Kelly, premiered his second short film about a robbery at a convenience store goes awry because…
Closed Circuit Giveaway: Win a $25 VISA, The Debt & Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy on DVD!
I’ve missed Eric Bana; I think the last movie I saw him in was Hanna, which was quite a while go. Luckily, he has a new movie coming out called Closed Circuit, which also stars Rebecca Hall, Julia Stiles and…
Allyson’s Movie Pick of the Week: Arthur Christmas (2011)
Movies Seen This Week: Keep the Lights On (2012), Mamma Mia! (2008), Easy Rider (1969), The Producers (1968), Arthur Christmas (2011), The Sapphires (2012), Liberal Arts (2012), Argo (2012), Monsieur Lazhar (2012). If you haven’t already guessed, I didn’t really…
Maxwell’s Movie Review: Cloud Atlas
Some movies are like real life – painfully realistic, often cynical or sad, these seek to portray a truth about the world we live in. Many of these are marvelous films – the best among them including Mike Leigh’s Another…