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
MGM’s recent announcement that Carrie, a remake of Brian De Palma’s 1976 film of the same name, will be moved to October is a bit difficult to read – much like the remake itself. On the one hand, this newest version (another one, starring no one in particular, was made for television in 2002) might be decent […]
Deadfall reminds us to be thankful for what we’ve got — and what we haven’t watched.
As the latest addition to the “white altruist” genre of cinema, The Help is most effective in its deviation from how it is portrayed through its trailer. This is not to say that the film is a failure or falls short of any expectations. Rather, it exceeds them. However, previews depict it as another incarnation of a film […]
Billing Get Low as a “True Tall Tale” immediately exposes the contradiction with the premise that it’s been based on the true story of Felix Bush Breazeale, a bachelor in Tennessee, who in 1938 decided to “have a funeral party while he was alive so he could enjoy it.” The precariousness of movies “based on a true story” […]
