Zombies Ho!
[Rec]4 Apocalypse by Hope Madden In 2007, Paco Plaza and Jaume Balaguero revived the already dying first-person-camera gimmick with a claustrophobic zombie flick that was imaginative, bloody, and thrilling –…read more →
Archive For December, 2014
Counting Down the 20 Best Films of 2014
2014 was a banner year, with great films in an enormous range of genres: blockbusters and indies, horror and SciFi, dramas and comedies, as well as films from first time…read more →
Spies Like Them
The Interview by George Wolf Forget the theories about this whole thing being a marketing ploy. If it is, it’s the worst marketing ploy ever, as The Interview is going…read more →
Hold ‘Em, Fold ‘Em and What Not
The Gambler by George Wolf “I tell the truth, that’s all I got.” So says Jim Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) in The Gambler, an intermittently tense thriller that doesn’t feel all…read more →
Lost and Found
Unbroken by Hope Madden With Unbroken, Angelina Jolie’s second effort behind the camera, she proves she knows how to put together a team. Beginning with screenwriters Joel and Ethan Cohen…read more →
A Sincere Form of Flattery
The Imitation Game by George Wolf Here’s the thing about historical dramas: they’re not documentaries. Factual liberties are going to be taken by filmmakers searching for the right mix of…read more →
What Big Eyes You Have
Big Eyes by George Wolf Do people buy art because it touches them, or simply because they are “in the right place at the right time?” The often combative…read more →
The Meryl Witch Project
Into the Woods by George Wolf Don’t let the name Disney at the top of the poster fool you, Into the Woods isn’t little kid stuff. But it is…read more →
Counting Down the Women of Film, 2014
Of the many excellent trends in movie houses this year, our favorite was the focus on female directors. Here we celebrate our favorite films of 2014 helmed by women. Selma:…read more →
Trilogy Finale … No, the Other One
Some trilogies come to a close with dragons, gold, tiny heroes, legendary foes and Ben Stiller. Wait, what? Yes, though it may have flown under your radar, Stiller’s Night at…read more →