Reviews

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 16 September 2011 16:44

In Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow, the viewer never has a chance to sit back and absorb the story—not only because there is no story, but also because Fiennes seldom offers an image or sequence that fits into any conventional cinematic vocabulary.

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Written by Jason Green Friday, 16 September 2011 09:14

Don’t let the superhero trappings fool you: Griff the Invisible is a quirky indie romance through-and-through, and a fine one, at that.

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Written by Adrienne Jones Friday, 09 September 2011 13:15

The fights look real. But more than that, they feel real. As you watch, you get the sensation of being in the first row by the cage, having it all happen right in front of you.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Friday, 09 September 2011 13:07

Contagion is structured like a serial killer movie, à la The Silence of the Lambs or Se7en, but instead of the killer being a human it’s a virus.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 08 September 2011 07:51

Generally this means getting to people who were recently victims of gang violence and are expected to retaliate; other times it has them literally throwing themselves in between two people they find fighting on the street.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 01 September 2011 20:06

Soon after, Dawn and the plumber are making out, which is what invokes the ire of the tree in the first place. Yes, this is all as stupid as it sounds.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 25 August 2011 23:51

If you have any interest in the period you'll want to see it, but you'll need a high tolerance for below-amateur-level footage that often displays bad behavior by people inflated with a sense of their own self-importance.

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Written by Matthew F. Newlin Friday, 19 August 2011 11:43

Director Craig Gillespie does a terrific job of balancing serious storytelling with the fact that a vampire hiding out in Las Vegas is absolutely absurd.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Friday, 19 August 2011 11:38

The structure lends itself to weightier fare that targets an intelligent audience, but here it is used only in the service of a bad, manipulative romantic drama.

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Written by Matthew F. Newlin Friday, 19 August 2011 11:33

Writer/director Fred Cavaye has jettisoned all unnecessary dialogue and action; his style makes each scene pulse with that much more energy.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 18 August 2011 22:34

These young people all want more than they've been granted, and they're not willing to settle for a half-life lived decorously out of sight of a society that really doesn't want them.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 18 August 2011 22:27

Sophie and Jason behave as if this pre-Paw-Paw month is the last month of their lives, though that means something entirely different to Jason than it does to Sophie.

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Written by Adrienne Jones Friday, 12 August 2011 09:38

30 Minutes or Less is, by far, the funniest and most fun of this summer’s R-rated comedies. The filmmakers give us a fast-paced movie with plenty of ridiculous laughs, action, and unexpected twists.