Given the cast, Broken City offers promise in an otherwise gloomy crop of January films. Russell Crowe is steady and convincing as the forceful, at-times corrupt New York City mayor Nick Hostetler, whose third term-election hinges on whether or not his citizens believe that he purchased Bolton Village to offer continuous low-income housing to its residents as […]

 

 

So, when is the criticism toward The Canyons going to be aimed at Bret Easton Ellis?

 

 

Despite the fact that she has the IRS breathing down her neck, her recent film The Canyons has been rejected by Sundance, and she’s an all-around pain the ass to work with (according to this in-depth yet rather damaging article in the New York Times), Lindsay Lohan has turned down an offer to join the cast of […]

 

 

Some thoughts behind the paltry performance of The Last Stand.

 

 

Gangster Squad isn’t sure if it’s a cartoon, a biopic, docudrama, or noir-style film.

 

 

The most apparent problem in Oblivion is its sloppiness.

 

 

While poignant at times, Not Fade Away is a broken record.

 

 

Bootleggers, brutality, and the 1920’s.

 

 

Why else would you watch the Armstrong interview other than to partake in a drinking game? Here are some words you might listen up for.

 

 

Except for authorial description, there is no evidence of how Abraham Lincoln sounded. There is no visual evidence of how he walked or plodded. But, Daniel Day Lewis’ incomparable portrayal of the 16th president feels more real than any description I’ve ever read. His body is restrained by his own arms that find themselves under the umbrella […]