First Zoolander 2 Trailer is Really, Really, Ridiculously Good Looking
Ben Stiller is back to save the world with Magnum.
Benedict Cumberbatch
TIFF 2015: Black Mass Review
Black Mass TIFF 2015 Review
Video Interviews: Matthew Goode, Allen Leech, & Morton Tyldum
We sit down with actors Matthew Goode and Allen Leech and Oscar nominated director Morton Tyldum to talk about their work on The Imitation Game.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Review
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies closes out an otherwise so-so series in the best possible way.
The Imitation Game Review
Benedict Cumberbatch carries the day in the mostly effective period drama The Imitation Game.
Interview: Benedict Cumberbatch
We sit down with Benedict Cumberbatch to talk about playing Alan Turing in The Imitation Game
Penguins of Madagascar Review
Slapdash even by the somewhat low standards of franchise spin-offs, Penguins of Madagascar still manages enough belly laughs and chuckles for kids and adults to get the job done.
TIFF 2014: The Imitation Game Review
The Imitation Game Special Presentations Benedict Cumberbatch carries the day in a role that feels almost custom made for the sort of droll loner act he has been perfecting across his past several films and his hit TV series, Sherlock. Only this time, he’s certain to get some award season buzz because he’s playing noted […]
TIFF Announces First of Many 2014 Selections
TIFF didn't announce an opening night film alongside today's announcements of Galas and Special Presentations for their 2014 festival this September, but they announced plenty to get people excited for the event.
August: Osage County Review
Although it could use a more accomplished director at the helm, August: Osage County is a gleefully misanthropic, exceptionally acted dark family comedy from the same crazy writer who brought you Killer Joe and Bug.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Review
The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug isn’t necessarily better or worse than its predecessor, but more like an inverse of all of An Unexpected Journey’s positives and negatives. Instead of an opening hour that sets things up in excruciating detail and a final two hours of exciting story, Smaug has a pretty entertaining, fast paced and swiftly moving opening 100 minutes before giving into repetitive indulgence that exists for no reason except to drag the story out over three movies.
12 Years a Slave
Video Review
And now for something a little different: A video review! Dork Shelf's own Brandon Bastaldo takes a look at Steve McQueen's slavery drama 12 Years a Slave starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Michael Fassbender.
The Fifth Estate Review
Although it gets off to a pretty rough start and is a bit overstuffed, Bill Condon’s somewhat fictionalized “inside WikiLeaks” drama The Fifth Estate manages to generate some thrills once it gets the dynamics of the larger than life characters out of the way.
12 Years a Slave Review
There’s no doubt in my mind that 12 Years a Slave will go down in history as a landmark film. Never before, and quite possibly never again, has the issue of African American slavery and the still present pain and anguish been this viscerally and brilliantly realized. Its effect is provocative, much like gazing into an unattended open wound that never quite heals itself, but rather reaches a point of stasis beyond which things couldn’t possibly get any worse no matter how awful a situation may be.
TIFF 2013: August: Osage County Review
August: Osage County Gala Director: John Wells Combing a collection of superstars slumming for awards, a TV director, and single location family dinner setting, August: Osage County sounds like easy awards bait worth dreading. That is unless you recognize the writer: Tracy Letts. He’s the man whose twisted imagination spun Bug and Killer Joe and […]
