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
Another tight race this year belongs to the Best Actor category, where Freddie Quell is pit head-to-head against Abraham Lincoln. If this were a real battle, I’d wager on Quell and his tendency to go for the legs, but in this contest, the battle is a bit harder to call. Both Lewis and Phoenix are notoriously anti-Hollywood […]
Gangster Squad isn’t sure if it’s a cartoon, a biopic, docudrama, or noir-style film.
Daniel Day Lewis and Phillip Seymour Hoffman are arguably the two best actors in Hollywood right now. We discuss their merits.
The Artist is charming, heart-warming, and fun, but I’m still uncertain why it’s destined to win the top prize at this year’s Academy Awards. To be fair, I accept that Best Picture rarely means “the best picture,” but I’m still confused about the source of all this hype. Michel Hazinavicius’ film is cute. It truly is, and […]
Well, it’s that time of year again. This morning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced their nominees for the 2012 Academy Awards. In what seems to be a recurring trend, this year, the number of nominees is still more than five — but less than ten. I guess this logic allows them to nominate […]
It’s difficult to know where to begin a discussion about Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, so it might be best to say that it’s utterly beautiful in its composition. The muted tones of the 1950’s juxtaposed with the radiant color palate of the evolution of existence is stunningly moving and superbly paired with a soundtrack by […]
Mar09
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Tim Adkins
Back in 2004 they released a movie about Hank another one in this one Hank Bono Tom Waits Taylor Hackford John Martin Hank’s baby mother (the woman with the white hairs sprouting from her chin) Hank’s wife, Linda Lee and Sean Penn told the man’s story the parts we didn’t already know the parts edited by the […]
