Nicholas Winding Refn Gets Hollywood Actors and a Hollywood Budget, but Sticks to His Grindhouse Guns.
Category: reviews
Only films I see in a theatre get a full-on review. Other titles seen on dvd and the like are covered in the “Reactions” section. My take on spoilers is that they pertain to the crux of the filmgoing experience – so while my posts aren’t what I’d call “spoilerific”, consider yourself warned.
All films are rated from one to four stars.
Brendan Gleason Brings Some Cheeky Irish Humour to End Off My Summer.
Yet Another Life Less Ordinary.
Soderbergh Unleashes a Plague, and Shows Us That The Disease is Just The Beginning of The Danger.
Judging It as a Piece of Schlock Cinema – It Succeeds. Now We Need to Decide How Much Stock We Put in Schlock.
Something Seemingly So Predictable Turns Sweet, Honest, and Truly Surprising.
A Buddy-Film Throwback That Holds the Cheese
Bromantic chemistry pulls a silly concept back from certain doom.
Could the on-screen pairing of James Bond and Indiana Jones possibly deliver the joy of either franchise?
Two Solid Hours of Apple Pie.
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It’s a bumpy road to the finish, but when we get there we find ourselves in a truly wonderful place. Here are my thoughts on … Read More ›