I’m in my early 30s. My parents are approximately 35 years older than me, placing them just a few years younger than Clint Eastwood’s Walt Kowalski. They saw Gran Torino a few days before me and, being lovers of Eastwood, vastly enjoyed Clint’s last hurray as a Harry Callahan-like badass (I have to assume it’s […]

I don’t feel much like writing a full review for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Can you blame me? While overall it finished on the “enjoyable” side of the fence, it’s been my “most looked forward to” film for the past two years. Considering that what we ended up getting was (yep, as you’ve […]

Solid if unspectacular historical drama. Tom Cruise heads up a top-notch (and mostly British) cast including Bill Nighy (looking reptilian), Kenneth Branaugh, Carice Van Houten and Terrence Stamp. Director Bryan Singer re-teams with Christopher McQuarrie, the screenwriter from the project (The Usual Suspects) that made them both up-and-coming stars over a decade ago. While they’ve […]

There’s a scene about halfway through that made The Wrestler for me. It’s practically a throwaway scene in terms of the grand scheme of the film, but it’s one of those that just adds another layer to the character. You’ll see lots of these scenes in independent, character-driven flicks, and to be honest, it’s not […]

Guilt is all the rage this winter. For things you did, for things you don’t remember doing, for things you remember doing but are running away from so fast that you run smack dab into a 15-year old boy. Then you have sex with him. A lot. You each get naked. A lot. Then you […]

swear it’s been a month since I saw Revolutionary Road in the theater. In the time since, I’ve seen plenty written about the film, good and bad. There’s been talk of Kate Winslet getting wildly snubbed, Michael Shannon getting recognition for a fine performance and/or hammered for playing a terribly-written role, and director Sam Mendes […]