Whenever I see a reboot or revival of a beloved intellectual property, the first thing I ask myself, or anyone within earshot of me, which is usually my husband, is, “Does this thing need to exist?” Sometimes the answer is…
Movie Review: The Secret Scripture
Buried far, far beneath the empty hubris and soapy melodrama of the thin plot in Jim Sheridan’s The Secret Scripture, there’s a fascinating film about women’s rights in 1920’s Ireland or, better said, the lack there of. Instead, the film pointedly goes…
Movie Review: King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Guy Ritchie’s take on the King Arthur legend plays like a 180 million dollar book report written by the worst student in the class. While the madman behind Snatch may have glanced at the original Arthurian text at some point,…
TIFF Review: The Secret Scripture
For more TIFF 2016 coverage, go here. Buried far, far beneath the empty hubris and soapy melodrama of the thin plot in Jim Sheridan’s The Secret Scripture, there’s a fascinating film about women’s rights in 1920’s Ireland or, better said, the lack…
Movie Review: Special Correspondents
Special Correspondents is like a mish-mash of some great ideas that go absolutely nowhere. You have Ricky Gervais starring, writing and directing the picture, some good characters to serve as comic and romantic relief, and a potentially gut-busting premise of a…
The Film Canon: Munich (2005)
Munich is a historical epic boasting an identity crisis. It’s an angry, vengeful and violent statement, but it’s also empathetic and vastly despondent. Munich forces itself to relive bad memories of cultural despair and in doing so manages to approach…
Warner Bros. King Arthur pushed back to 2017
Following on the heels of Disney’s recent live-action adaptations of former animated films, Warner Bros. has decided to bring a fresh new take to King Arthur with Guy Ritchie attached as director. Originally set with a July 2016 release date,…