Film Reviews
CategoryGreat Gatsby Tries Really Hard to Make An Ugly Story Pretty
When I got to the screening of Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of The Great Gatsby, I had one of those moments where I realized I’d fallen out..
Movie Review: “Iron Man 3” Punches the Clock
You can see what they were thinking with Iron Man 3. After the escalating robotic carnage of the first two films in the franchise, followe..
“G.I. Joe: Retaliation”: As American as the U.S.A.
The most impressive thing about Jon Chu’s G.I. Joe: Retaliation is how badly it manages to suck. The bar is low for an action movie based ..
Boobs, Sex, Drugs, and Skrillex – The (Non-Disney) Fairytale of “Spring Breakers”
Spring Breakers is a movie that is just like its trailer. And that’s something. A lot of movies have fantastic trailers and then you fin..
“Stoker”: So THAT’S How It Is In Their Family
Just a couple of weeks after I wrote about movies that inaccurately get called “smart,” along comes a classic example of that species: Par..
You Knew “Oz the Great and Powerful” Was Going to Suck, So There’s Really No Point in Reading This Review
If movie franchises were condiments, The Wizard of Oz would be ketchup. You can make gourmet mustard, extra-spicy hot sauce, and freshly g..
Talking Points: Django Unchained
There is something wonderful to me about stories that imagine what would happen if oppressed people took revenge on their oppressors. ..
Thoughts While Watching Disney’s Pocahontas as an Adult
-They talk about “blasting Indians” right away. Some kids’ movie.
-I memorized a lot of these songs at some point as a kid while on..
Whitney gets one last curtain call in the otherwise turgid Sparkle
There’s a moment in Sparkle where Whitney Houston’s stern matriarch character looks directly at her fame-seeking daughters over Sunday..
Why Magic Mike Is the Liberal, Brain-Washing Sleeper Hit of the Summer
Buying a ticket as a single man for a film where everyone knows the theme is male exotic dancers and plenty of armadillo-in-your-trousers ..
Brave and “The Undulating Curve of Shifting Expectations”
“Oh no!” my boyfriend shouted one day when I was driving.
This is not something that should ever be uttered when I’m behind the wheel..
Movie Review: “Moonrise Kingdom”: Wes Anderson Outdoes Himself with the Summer’s Most Beautiful Film
‘Moonrise Kingdom’ is Wes Anderson’s most complex and poignant mapping of one of his great themes: the illusion of aging.