Jurassic World Review
Jurassic World spends much of its time both playing with the tropes of the original film and messing around with our expectations. At its best, then, it’s lots of fun.
Vincent D’Onofrio
Daredevil: Deborah Ann Woll Interview
Daredevil star Deborah Ann Wall discusses her character's mysterious past, compares genre television to playing Shakespeare, and addresses the recent controversy around Netflix not offering a Described Video feature for the show.
Daredevil Preview: What to expect from the Marvel-Netflix team up
Netflix's Daredevil is part startup business comedy, part law procedural, and part martial arts film. It's also a revelation.
Run All Night Review
In a season notorious for film famine, a decent fast food action flick can taste like cinematic steak, which is why our newest critic ate up Run All Night.
Daredevil Teaser Trailer Lands
Marvel's Daredevil series is a little over two months away from landing on Netflix. After several images and brief tease, we now have a full teaser trailer for the show - and it looks great!
Daredevil gets a Release Date and Motion Poster
Netflix announces a release date for Marvel's Daredevil series and unveils a nifty motion poster.
The Judge Review
The Judge feels as if it were created by robots in a laboratory that were programmed to exactly pin-point the kind of legal drama that would slay in the sticks.
TIFF 2014: The Judge Review
The Judge Gala (Opening Night Film) It’s not that the Robert Downey Jr./Robert Duvall familial, courtroom face to face is patently unwatchable, but it feels as if it were created by robots in a laboratory that were programmed to exactly pin-point the kind of legal drama that would slay in the sticks. Hotshot big city […]
Escape Plan Review
One third of the Sylvester Stallone/Arnold Schwarzenegger team up Escape Plan is a decent popcorn action flick. The other two thirds are fairly abysmal. Fortunately, the good section is the middle hour of the film, meaning it’s a perfect film to watch on TV right after you missed the opening 30 minutes and right before you have to take off to be somewhere.
This Week in DVD: 11/13/12
This week on DVD Pixar's Brave and the re-boot of The Amazing Spider-man both take aim for home entertainment superiority. We also take a look at the underrated holiday heartwarmer Arthur Christmas, the apocalyptic comedy Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, and two cheesy direct to DVD action films: one that has Bruce Willis and the other with Steve Austin and Steven Segal.
The New Old: Sowing Season
This week, our archival DVD column looks at various stages of growing up with looks at Good Will Hunting, High Fidelity, and Adventures in Babysitting, and a look at the volatile nature of change in The Proposition.
The New Old: Boys, Men, Aliens, and Gremlins
Lots of talk about boys and men this week as Brandon Bastaldo takes a look at the coming of age tale La Haine, looks at the Quebecois hockey comedy Les Boys II, and Phil Brown looks at Men in Black, About a Boy, and the almost childlike inhibition of Gremlins 2: The New Batch.
Worldwide Short Film Fest Reviews
Short films are (almost) always amazing and inspiring. It is much more challeging to make a short film, as filmmakers have less time to develop a story and therefore must be as minimalist and economical as possible. Here is part one of my reviews of selected shorts from this year’s festival. Have you ever wondered […]
