Bitingly funny and more dramatically rewarding than the original, "The Trip to Italy" is a completely necessary sequel that offers more outstanding conversations, arguments, impressions between leads Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon.
"The Unbeatables" is a visual treat for the kids, and the football satire is a laugh for the adults, but the script is let down by a tepid romantic subplot, and a particularly anti-climatic finale that fails to rouse audiences as much as it hoped to.
On August 26, “Natural Born Killers” celebrates its 20th anniversary. The infamous cult classic, directed by Oliver Stone, has been written in history ever since its release. In 2006, Entertainment Weekly named “Natural Born Killers” the eighth most controversial film of all time. Stone intended “Killers” to be a satire on mass media and our […]
With 77 and counting credits to his name, it is nothing less than a true challenge to pick the ten best roles Nicolas Cage has delivered. His career spans over 30 years and encapsulates performances that range from the truly bizarre to grounded and realistic.
Ira Sachs’ “Love is Strange” moves at a languid pace, but the cast of brilliant performers, and refusal to rely on familiar tropes, completely overshadow most of the film’s structural issues.
On August 23, actor River Phoenix would have been 44 years old, had he not tragically died of an accidental overdose on Halloween night 1993, at the age of 23. One of the most promising young actors of his generation, Phoenix may have died far too soon, but he fortunately left behind an impressive body of […]
Filled with gut-wrenching performances and not a hint of sentimentality, “Starred Up” is a raw, emotional journey into one of the UK’s most dangerous prisons.
While watching “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” it struck me that directors Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller (again credited as co-directors) are completely unaware of the law of diminishing returns. There is a certain point in which adding more to a factor of a production will result in a decreased yield. In this […]
