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…
Trailer – Take Shelter
Director: Jeff NicholsStarring: Michael Shannon, Jessica ChastainProduction year: 2011 This trailer is both immensely creepy and highly intriguing. Shannon (The Woodsmen, Revolutionary Road) is a very striking actor and always…
Trailer – Terri
Director: Azazel JacobsStarring: John C. Reilly, Jacob Wysocki Production year: 2011 Reilly (Boogie Nights, Magnolia) is one of my favorite actors. He teams up here with relatively unknown director Jacobs…
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…
Movie Review – Super 8
Director: J.J. AbramsStarring: Joel Courtney, Kyle Chandler, Elle Fanning Year: 2011 I first saw a trailer for Super 8 during the Super Bowl in February, and I was immediately hooked. Although…
Movie Review – Avatar
Director: James CameronStarring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney WeaverYear: 2009 Reduce, reuse, and recycle; the environmentalist motto. Director James Cameron (Terminator, Titanic) proved his critics right when they called his…
Movie Review – Shutter Island
Director: Martin ScorseseStarring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle WilliamsYear: 2010 From the beginning, it was clear that this movie would be one thing if nothing else: creepy. Intense,…
Movie Review – Leaves of Grass
Director: Tim Blake Nelson Starring: Edward Norton, Tim Blake Nelson, Keri Russell, Susan SarandonYear: 2009 Essentially, this film was comprised of ‘buts’. The title refers to W.W. (Uncle Walt), but…