Backcountry is a well-acted film with a familiar premis
Foxcatcher chronicles the tragic partnership of multi-m
Hell hath no fury like a fairy whose wings have been
This is the End would be more appropriately titled, This is the Movie My Friends and I Would Make if We had a Lot of Money. This is not to say that This is the End is a bad movie. It’s funny. It has its moments of sentiment, and the cast is redoubtable – or, as much […]
Sarah Polley’s script and direction shine in this story of anxiety and the long-term relationship.
Until Attack the Block came out earlier this year, there was a paucity of British, alien-centric films. Monsters, a 2010 film written and directed by Gareth Edwards, seems to be the best reviewed, but there’s nothing really to gauge it against for the fifty years prior. This is one of the many things that make Paul so […]
Marketing 50/50 as a film from “the guys who brought you Superbad” is highly misleading. While there’s truth to this declaration, 50/50 is not a comedy – at least, not like Superbad. The funny moments are mordant and uncomfortable – as they should be. They don’t so much evoke laughs of elation and happiness, but more laughs-of-last […]
