Countdown: Best Films of 2013
10. Blue is the Warmest Color The engrossing and immersive romantic drama may be best known for its NC-17 rating, but the beauty and heartbreak in this loose narrative make…read more →
Archive For December, 2013
2013 Central Ohio Film Critics Assoc. Awards Nominees
The Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA) is pleased to announce the nominees for its 12th annual awards. Winners will be announced on the evening of January 2nd, 2014.…read more →
An Intimate Battle
by George Wolf Rarely has the Battle of the Sexes been more confined than in Neil LaBute‘s Some Velvet Morning. In fact. in writer/director LaBute’s latest look at…read more →
Countdown: Best in Horror, 2013
At one point, it looked like 2013 was going to be a bloody banner year for horror. Remember that time? We’d already seen the magnificence of the Evil Dead…read more →
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by George Wolf So, how rich do you want to be? In the opening minutes of The Wolf of Wall Street, 26 year old Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) tells…read more →
You’ll Hold a Grudge
Grudge Match by Hope Madden It’s a tough battle. The late-life Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro battle hard. They sweat! They flail! They struggle against the stiff competition –…read more →
Life As He Dreams It
by George Wolf The closing credits of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty inspired some immediate soul searching. Why didn’t I hate this movie? With generalized themes of…read more →
Too Superficial to Satisfy
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom by Hope Madden In offering the world a glimpse of the phenomenal life of Nelson Mandela, director Justin Chadwick wisely relied on the words of…read more →
Quintessentially Disney
by George Wolf The God of Irony must be smiling on Saving Mr. Banks, the “Disneyfied” account of a legendary author afraid the film version of her greatest…read more →
Do the Hustle!
American Hustle by Hope Madden David O. Russell can direct the shit out of a movie, can’t he? He startled his way into our consciousness in ’94 with the unbelievable…read more →