For Your Queue: Everybody loves J-Law
At long last, Silver Lining’s Playbook – David O. Russell’s story of love in a hyper-diagnosed, over-medicated, label-dependent society – is available on DVD. Bradley Cooper plays a damaged man…read more →
Archive For April, 2013
His Name is Mud…Really
By Hope Madden Jeff Nichols’s criminally underseen Take Shelter was the best film of 2011. Poetic and understated, steeped in the mores of small town Ohio, this story of a…read more →
Weekend Countdown: Let’s Go Jackets!
Is it hyperbole to say this is the most exciting weekend in the history of the Columbus Blue Jackets? Is it?! They’ve been playing out of their minds, and if…read more →
Beefcake! Beefcake!
by George Wolf In fairness to director Michael Bay (did I just write that out loud?) turning a real life murder case into a comedy is not unheard of.…read more →
The End is Near! The Quiche is Cold!
By Hope Madden Our film opens on a black and white photo. Looks like it could be any grainy old shot of a vacation spot – palm trees, empty beach…read more →
For Your Queue: Two Underseen Adventures
Out on DVD this week: the underseen, Oscar-nominated The Impossible. The sheer size of this movie feels impossible. Based on true events, the film follows a vacationing family of five…read more →
Original Title: Lord This Movie Sucks
By Hope Madden Rob Zombie returns to film after a blessed hiatus with the hot mess Lords of Salem. In it, Zombie’s talentless wife Sheri Moon Zombie plays a…read more →
Weekend Countdown: Good Ol’ Beantown
If there’s one thing movies have taught us, it’s to stay out of the woods. If there’s a second thing, it’s that only a knucklehead would screw with the fine…read more →
Looks Great, Less Filling
by George Wolf Honestly, Oblivion is a film that is a challenge to critique. Not that it doesn’t have weaknesses. The problem is, it’s assembled from parts of many…read more →
Weirdly Pro-Viral
By Hope Madden If you could catch Kim Kardashian’s cold, would you? This is the intriguing concept behind writer/director Brandon Cronenberg’s seething commentary on celebrity obsession, Antiviral. Young Syd March…read more →