The Weekend Arena: 2/17
Valentine’s Day has come and gone. Those waiting for that break-up prohibition to expire can now submit as many pink slips as you wish. And, if…
Take 5 — Superhero Edition
If 2011 was the year of the sequel, 2012 is set to rival that moniker with additional superhero franchise installments. Most notably is the uber-anticipated…
If a Tree Falls — Be Thankful Squirrels Can’t Use Lighters
…in the forest and there’s no one around to hear it, does it make a sound? This century-old philosophical thought experiment is often conducted to…
Chronicle — Teenage Turmoil: Acne and Telekinesis
Andrew Detmer (Dane Dehaan) is a high school-assassin waiting to happen. Despite his often stoic demeanor, an anger ebbs and flows underneath, occasionally manifesting itself…
The Guard — A Raucous Tale of Police Corruption and Prejudice
Tales of police corruption in cinema are a dime a dozen. Some are akin to Serpico. Others are like Brooklyn’s Finest. Then there’s The Guard,…
The Weekend Arena: 2/10
Last week’s Big Miracle flopped like a humpback in pudding, but this week, we’re all gearing up for Valentine’s Day. For those of you looking…
A Separation — Class, Faith, Pride, and Family
A Separation begins and ends in a similar way: a seemingly insurmountable, superficially minute amount of space in the labyrinthine corridors of the Iranian judicial…
Hell and Back Again — An Erased Sense of Purpose
Similar to last year’s Restrepo, this year’s Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary, Hell and Back Again, looks at the trials and tribulation within the…
The Weekend Arena: 2/3
I suppose the above graphic would have been a better inclusion when discussing One for the Money last week. (It’s currently coasting at a steady 3%…
The Grey — Maintaining a Safe Distance From Survival Porn
Making a movie about survival is tricky insomuch as, generally speaking, the writer, director, and cast have little frame of reference from which to draw…