The Road: Exquisite, Excruciating
For all the praise soon to be heaped upon The Road, make no mistake: it will also be one of the hardest films of the year to watch. It is certainly not for the faint of heart; suicide, cannibalism,...
View ArticleIs Mad Max affecting the Health Care debate? Road Warriors, Blade Runners,...
When people bring up these so-called “death panels,” I can’t help but chuckle. I think opposing heath care reform for fscal reasons is perfectly valid, but this ubiquitous idea of death panels seems...
View ArticleNew Review: 2012
There is something comforting and familiar about 2012. For a film about the complete destruction of the Earth’s crust and mankind’s near-extinction, it is very sentimental. You could say that Roland...
View ArticleNew Review: Zombieland
Zombieland, the new zombie-comedy by Ruben Fleisher, aims to add deliberate laughs to the zombie corner of the horror universe. Instead of pulling of this tricky balancing act (like Shaun of the Dean...
View ArticleDaybreakers, review by Timothy Parfitt
Gory, thoughtful and stylish, Daybreakers, starring Ethan Hawke and Willem Dafoe is way better than it should be. Even with an inferior second half, the film boasts old-school thrills and a sense of...
View ArticleThe Book of Eli: Deliver us from January
The Book of Eli, the newest movie from ghetto (filmmaking) celebrities the Hughes Brothers, is better than any January film has any right to be. As you are probably well aware, January is generally...
View ArticleNew Classics: Zardoz
Looking back on the past 30 years of his career, it’s hard to imagine Sean Connery actually made this movie. Featuring scantily clad female dictators, giant talking statues flying through space, and a...
View ArticleLegion: When the Apocalypse Comes, at Least This Movie Will Be Destroyed, Too.
Not only is Legion by far the worst movie of the budding new year, it is the most morally reprehensible film of the decade, and quite possibly of my lifetime. Was I the only one expecting the...
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