Super — A Look at those “Thuds” and “Thwacks” Between the Panels
Rainn Wilson walks a well-tread path as Frank D’Arbo, a man so uncomfortable in his skin that he creates an alter ego, The Crimson Bolt,…
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Dirty Girl — It’s Like 1987 All Over Again!
In one sense, Dirty Girl could be seen as a pro-abstinence tale. Danielle (Juno Temple) is an anachronistic high school girl whose daily routine is…
Plains, Trains, and Automobiles — Seeking Stability in a Mobile World
Like any John Hughes film, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles includes a handful of life lessons: Neal Page (Steve Martin) learns that family is more important…
Bridesmaids — One Note that Gets a Bit Atonal
In one sense, Bridesmaids is a refreshing film that moves the lens from perpetually adolescent man defying the onset of adulthood found in any recent…
Hugo — A Visual Stunner Lacking Substance
If nothing else, Hugo is a departure from the characteristic Martin Scorsese film. George Melies (Ben Kingsley) is not whacked by a bullet in the…
Undefeated — The Cynicism of Hoop Dreams with the Drama of Friday Night Lights
Undefeated chronicles the 2009 season of the Manassas Tigers, a high school football team in North Memphis – also known as the perennial whipping boys…
Welcome to Nowhere (Bullet Hole Road) — A Savage Journey into the Heart of the American Road Movie
Characteristically, the road movie is a catharsis played out on the big screen. Mounting frustrations of quotidian, pedestrian existences crescendo into a need to break…
Wanderlust — Home and Homeless in the Same City
Beginning in 2008, frugality became the new luxury. The bling that was in a few years prior became excessive and the winnowing of credit card…
Albert Nobbs — Passing for Anonymous
In a number of portrayals of women passing as men, gender-bending is a method of establishing an identity. In Albert Nobbs, the diminutive, soft-spoken, ginger-haired…
Dark Days — Literal Notes from the Underground
It’s believed that thousands of people live below the streets of New York City, inhabiting the shoulders and gullies of the labyrinthine subway. Those pounding…