Jul 31, 2010

Get Low has been on the limited release circuit since the Sundance Festival in January. It’s finally making its way to town. If Robert Duvall and Bill Murray aren’t the makes for fun and good cinema, few things...

Jul 31, 2010

Winter’s bone, in its finest hour, is a meditation on circumstances. If you’ve been to the Ozark Mountains, an eerie section of southern Missouri, you know that the limestone, lead, and rivers that run through it have a gravity beyond their physical properties. Tucked away amongst the pines and red rock, the people that inhabit this area exist in an...

Jul 31, 2010

THOR is scheduled for a May 6, 2011 release. Onboard for the film are Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Idris Elba

Jul 30, 2010

When I see a film like Don’t Look Up sitting on its fabricated shelves, a slight glare from the accent lighting sheering across the new plastic surfaces, my first thought generally regards what needs to be accomplished to make a cheap movie work. “You’d better compel me on a few levels,” I think to myself. Sometimes I even mutter a simile...

Jul 29, 2010

Batman: Under the Red Hood, the dark and disturbing new animated feature from Warner Bros. Pictures, brings the Caped Crusader face to face with his greatest failure: the death of Jason Todd a.k.a. the second Robin.  This story arc, Death in the Family, serves as the foundation for Under the Red Hood and the mysterious identity of this new criminal stalking...

Jul 28, 2010

My editor, Osric, says I need to post more content. “Post more content!”, says Osric. I can’t get away from it. He bothers me just about as much as my other co-writer, Gaff. When I’m not being spammed with emails suggesting I review the latest Nanny McPhee flop, I’ve got Gaff pressing the envelope on our dream of having a Hall and...