Drama Reviews

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Streeters (De la Calle) (2001)

Streeters (De la Calle) (2001)

In a desperate act to follow his dream, Rufino steals some drug money from a corrupt cop, with the full intention of leaving town by nightfall with his girlfriend...

Linda
Quitting (Zuotian)

Quitting (Zuotian)

The concept of Quitting is much more interesting than the film itself. All the “actors” in the film are actually just playing themselves. The story is based on the...

Linda
The Vow

The Vow (2012)

In the film, which is “inspired by true events,” Tatum is Leo, an extremely charming and likeable fellow, who falls head over heels in love with Paige (Rachel McAdams),...

Vickie
The Village

The Village

M. Night Shyamalan’s film, The Village, is creepy as hell. It is also a great showcase for audience rudeness, as the bunch I was unfortunate enough to be in...

Linda
Unconditional Love (2002)

Unconditional Love (2002)

Oh dear. I think I just watched a movie about myself in middle age, and it’s not pretty. I’m going to turn out like Grace Beasley (Kathy Bates), married...

Jennifer
Un Coeur en Hiver (A Heart in Winter)

Un Coeur en Hiver (A Heart in Winter)

Daniel Auteuil, in a performance that is almost entirely passive, creates a character that somehow sticks in your craw. His Stephane is a handsome and humble man, and is...

Linda
A Week in the Life of a Man (Tydzien Z Zycia Mezczyzny)

A Week in the Life of a Man (Tydzien Z Zycia Mezczyzny)

As a director, Jerzy Stuhr’s work will probably always have the shadow of a certain influence… a man who he worked with several times in his long acting career....

Linda
Tous les Matin du Monde (All the Mornings of the World)

Tous les Matin du Monde (All the Mornings of the World)

You have to hand it to the French. Only they can so deftly insert lines like, “I felt alone. My thick prick hung between my thighs…” into a historical...

Linda
The Thing Called Love (1993)

The Thing Called Love (1993)

Samantha Mathis plays this young chickie-poo who moves to Nashville to be discovered as a songwriter. Around the time this film was made, I remember there being a big...

Linda
Take Me Home Tonight

Take Me Home Tonight

“Take Me Home Tonight” by Eddie Money and Ronnie Spector is quite easily one of the best songs of the 80s.  Use that song as the title of a...

Jennifer
Street Kings

Street Kings

Street Kings is a bizarre and admittedly kind of fascinating cop movie. It suffers from what on the surface (and well, not so surface) is an “all cops are...

Jennifer
Les Misérables (2012)

Les Misérables (2012)

As a Les Miz virgin – I’d never read the novel nor seen a theatrical production – I went in blind. I knew the basics of the story, and...

Vickie