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I have to admit, my expectations for Four Brothers was very low. I wasn’t particularly excited about seeing it since John Singleton’s films have been getting progressively worse (2 Fast 2 Furious, anyone?) since his debut Boyz n the Hood (when he was a pup of 23 years old)....
I stared stunned and mute at my co-worker. “CANNNNN YOOOUUUUU DIG IT?????” he bellowed with his arms triumphantly in the air. “I have no idea what you are talking about.” I said to him, deadpan. He reverently turned the DVD of The Warriors over and over in his hands...
George Romero, the father of zombie movies, is back to show everyone how it is done. And hooo-boy! If you are into flesh ripping, gnawing, pulling, tearing, and shredding, this movie is for you. There are many truly, truly gross and disgusting moments in this film which will make...
The story takes place in the mid-80s New York City, and is apparently based on director Noah Baumbach’s own family unravelling when he was a teenager. Dad Bernard (Jeff Daniels) is a famous writer. Or, rather he was more famous than he is now, and is pretty much a...
Jodie Foster plays Kyle, a grieving woman who is flying to New York from Berlin to bring back the body of her dead husband. He “fell” from the roof of a building (or jumped? or was pushed? we are led to immediately wonder). Anyways, he’s dead, and we are...
There are those of us (myself included) that may doubt that mid-century American women had the smackdown skills of, say, modern WWE entertainers. But any doubts will be laid to rest with this film—Lipstick & Dynamite offers tons of awesome archival footage of “girl wrestler” bouts from the ’40s...
On December 9, 2001 in a rich, white neighborhood of Durham, North Carolina, famous author Michael Peterson called 911 in hysterics to report that his wife Kathleen Peterson had fallen down the stairs and was barely breathing. When paramedics and officials arrived, she was dead, but the amount of...
Wong Kar Wai’s 2046 was easily my most anticipated film at the Seattle International Film Festival. I had been waiting for this film for years (WKW is notably slow in churning out his films lately). It was rumored to be a sort-of sequel to his gorgeous In the Mood...
Bill Murray seems to have had a resurgence in his career by portraying the drollest of the droll. He’s like a washed-up comic who doesn’t bother cracking a joke anymore, which is what makes him all the more funny. He is the straight man to the chaos around him,...
For me, one of the treats of this year’s film festival season was hearing the saga of my friends’ short film The Raftman’s Razor first getting accepted at the Sundance Film Festival, then barrelling through the festival circuit, reaping not only audience awards, but critics’ awards as well. Screenwriter...
OK, everyone! Raise your hand if you are interested in seeing 9 Songs because of the musical performances of such hot bands as Franz Ferdinand, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and The Dandy Warhols? Yeah, OK. Whatever. I’ve got your number. I see you averting your gaze and looking a...
What I hate about modern Disney movies is the relentless, shove-it-down-your-throat merchandising that comes with every release. Buy the soundtrack! The Happy Meal! The action figures! The t-shirts! The tie-ins destroy a movie before you get a chance to judge it for its worth. So am I a hypocrite...
