As we count down the weeks until The Dark Knight Rises and get our superhero fix through webslinging teenagers, we might as well embrace a documentary about a potential interloper, Robert DeNiro’s turn as a world famous psychic bound to be kin to the devil, the fourth installment of a mediocre animated franchise, and Martin Scorsese’s presentation of […]

 

 

Perhaps I’m being influenced by the ubiquitous coverage and postings on Facebook that discuss the Occupy Wall Street movement that began in New York and is trickling throughout various cities. But, In Time might actually be trying to disguise itself as an allegory aimed at the class differences in this country. Or not. Admittedly, there are some […]

 

 

Recent movie titles have often pared out any mystery and cut straight to the point. Perhaps this is an additional sign of our shortening attention spans brought on by using too much Google or dismissal of lengthy articles and passages in favor of sound bites and tidbits. Regardless of the reasons why films like Fighting, Taken, Unknown, […]

 

 

Oct12

Swine Flu Movie Marathon ’09

I caught a badass swine flu bug or something on Friday and was incapacitated on my couch for much of the past 60 hours. So all I did was sleep, watch some baseball, sleep, watch some movies and sleep. Here are some quick recaps of the eight flicks I watched, which ranged from atrocious to pretty good. […]