In the process of righting my many wrongs as a movie critic, I have come to understand my overreliance on the word ‘pleasant’ troubles me. My lexicon is a limited one and ‘pleasant’ evokes one of the best sentiments in which a movie can exist. Of course, I do enjoy thrillers and horror along with […]
5 Star Day puts a great deal of effort into attempting to create the equally simple yet unnecessary figure out that horoscopes in the daily newspaper are usually not accurate. The film’s efforts at proving a point, more or less the majority of people already assumed to know, the fragments of intelligent concepts and developments
It’s all too clear that Almost Friends skims over crucial coming-of-age topics such as parental neglect, teenage pregnancy, and emotional distress. In his third feature film (following Don McKay and Life of a King) Goldberger presents this coming-of-age story as a comic drama and hosts a range of emotions from gentle to downright frustrating. Parts
The country wisdom that fills Ethan Hawke’s likable “Blaze” is often a bit simplistic, such as Whatever I’m going, it’s the same place I’ve been, and Rain doesn’t try and fall, it just falls. You can tell they put a lot of his work into the underrated Born To Be Blue. The Oscar-nominee actor Hawke
I need to extend my deep apologies to my new friend Toby Wilkins who waited for this review whilst I indulged in AFI as I must make a point to cover this review now. Further, I want to say congratulations as SPLINTER was awarded six top prizes in Screamfest 2008 including Best Picture and Best
For the first quarter-hour, the viewer is introduced to a Scandinavian named Mads Lake played by Gustav Skarsgård. Bearded, older, shy, and always wearing a Rukka’s outdoor coat vest, Lake moves on from life in a Psychotic hospital. He spends time trying and not succeeding to secure an apartment, gets mugged at knifepoint, and shifts
When we were young kids, we all wished for great things, but as we grew older, it became more practical. For example, “Being an astronaut” twists into I want to work at NASA, then slowly shifts into “I want to be in the IT department at [insert giant corporation here.” The middle-aged principal character in
Mack Prescott is torn when it comes to his future plans after graduating high school. Fast forward 25 years and Mack (Egglesfield) is now a high school graduate and seems to be deeply confused about what his life is slowly turning out to be. So far, it is the day of a high school reunion
“Midnighters” by Julius Ramsay is a film that embraces one of the worst fears of every driver getting into an accident whilst driving. We’ve all had a bit too much to drink and some of us have even gotten into a distraction while operating the vehicle. Jeff (Dylan McTee) and Lindsey, on the other hand,
A self-absorbed middle-aged man tries to relive his youth by courting younger men. He faces even more complex challenges due to his abusive behavior. Narcissist is Eric Cacaccio’s newest short drama film that narrates a superficial romance between Evan, a sensitive young writer with undying affection for Rob, an older and sophisticated gentleman, and Rob
