Film Reviews
Good Night, And Good Luck (George Clooney)
Solid film from George Clooney.
Dan Schneider explores....Inception (Christopher Nolan)
By revisiting his enigmatic roots on a grand scale, Nolan blends the classically tense thriller with a unique enigmatic post-modernism that falls just shy of "summer blockbuster meets art house" nirvana.
Grant Phipps returns to the...Screamers (Christian Duguay)
Abandoning Philip K. Dick's resource of potential in favor of Hollywood conventionalism in its final third, the film adaptation of "Second Variety" is merely two-thirds competent.
Grant Phipps listens for the...Revanche (Götz Spielmann)
Exposing the unforeseen repercussions of a single action, the film is an ingenuous account of the intricate labyrinth of human relationships.
Grant Phipps seeks...Bigger Than Life (Nicholas Ray)
As one of the bleakest American films of the 1950s, it remains a bold meditation on the American Dream, detriments of extremes, and the endurance of pain through faith.
Grant Phipps reviews...Iron Man 2 (Jon Favreau)
Enjoy the greatness on display, because nobody has ever made a good trilogy-closer to a superhero franchise.
George Smith raves: "Better than Scarlett Johansson's Rack in a Wetsuit!"Dirty Pretty Things (Stephen Frears)
Yawn. Stephen Frears. Yawn. (Repeat)
Dan Schneider cleans up after....Four Lions (Chris Morris)
Chris Morris' feature length debut is out and is bound to ruffle a few feathers.
Daniel Dylan Wray reviews...Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa)
The film is an immensely successful genre experiment as a liberal political allegory that can also be enjoyed as a purely entertaining duel between the inexorable forces of good and evil.
Grant Phipps watches...The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke)
The film promotes an insightful psychological examination of the universality of human nature but ultimately seems abridged despite its lengthy running time.
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