Movie Review – Public Enemies
Director: Michael MannStarring: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion CotillardYear: 2009 In a classic Friends episode, Rachel attempts to make a traditional English trifle for dessert. It starts out great, with…
Movie Review – Catfish
Director: Ariel SchulmanStarring: Yaniv Schulman, Angela Wesselman Year: 2010 Here’s a riddle; when is a documentary not a documentary? The answer may be too simple to explain Catfish, a twisted…
Movie Review – Midnight in Paris
Director: Woody AllenStarring: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion CotillardYear: 2011 Woody Allen is the ultimate one-man-band; his films work best when he directs himself. As shown in Annie Hall, Manhattan,…
Movie Review – Fantastic Mr. Fox
Director: Wes AndersonStarring: George Clooney, Jason Schwartzman, Meryl Streep, Bill MurrayYear: 2009 As you might have guessed from the name of my blog, I’m a big Wes Anderson fan. 111…
Movie Review – The Dark Side of the Moon
Director: D.J. WebsterStarring: Will Bledsoe, Robert Sampson, Alan BlumenfeldYear: 1990 James Cameron must have watched this movie at some point and had an epiphany; it’s much easier to combine three…
Movie Review – My Left Foot
Director: Jim SheridanStarring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Fiona ShawYear: 1989 In 1990, My Left Foot took home two Academy Awards: Best Actor (Day-Lewis) and Best Supporting Actress (Fricker). This was…
Movie Review – We Don’t Live Here Anymore
Director: John CurranStarring: Mark Ruffalo, Laura Dern, Naomi Watts, Peter KrauseYear: 2004 In 1979, Andre Dubus wrote a short story entitled “Killings”, which would be adapted into the film In…
Movie Review – Cyrus
Director: Jay & Mark DuplassStarring: John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei, Katherine KeenerYear: 2010 When you hear the names Reilly (Walk Hard, Step Brothers) and Hill (Knocked Up, Super…
Movie Review – The Basketball Diaries
Director: Scott KalvertStarring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Lorraine Bracco, Bruno KirbyYear: 1995 There seems to be a fairly standard recipe for the American biopic: start with a tragic childhood incident…
Movie Review – Texas Rangers
Director: Steve MinerStarring: James Van Der Beek, Dylan McDermott, Ashton Kutcher, Alfred MolinaYear: 2001 Although not a highly recognizable name, most movie-watchers have seen a Steve Miner film. Some of…