Fright Club: Doc-Style Horror
The year’s first great comedy and first decent horror film – What We Do in the Shadows – releases wide this weekend. Hooray! We loved it so, and wanted to…read more →
Archive For February, 2015
Hatin’ on Hollywood
Maps to the Stars by Hope Madden Who but David Cronenberg could take the bubbling Hollywood cesspool that is Maps to the Stars and create from it a chilly but…read more →
Lazy Lazarus
The Lazarus Effect by Hope Madden Four years ago filmmaker David Gelb directed the lovely, layered, joyous documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi. This weekend we see his newest effort, The…read more →
Pros at Cons
Focus by George Wolf There’s something inherently cool about heist movies, isn’t there? Exotic locales, beautiful people, and outlandish schemes to steal lots of cash often play well together. Focus…read more →
Dead and Loving It
What We Do in the Shadows by Hope Madden Which sounds more stale, a fake documentary or a vampire movie? Maybe it’s a tie, but don’t let that dissuade you.…read more →
Of Whales and Men
Russia’s contender for the Oscar last week is the devastating everyman struggle Leviathan. The film is so intimate, so generously detailed yet provocatively ambiguous that you can almost overlook the…read more →
Brilliant Disguise
Force Majeure by George Wolf “Well If I would have been there I would’ve…” You’ve heard it, and said it, so many times that the meaning is often lost. Force…read more →
This Queue Might Get Loud
Get it while it’s hot – Oscar winner J.K. Simmons throws a cymbol right in your home! Whiplash releases for home entertainment today, and it’s a film that must be…read more →
Fright Club: White Death
We’re buckling under blustery weather and offensive temperatures. We require more degrees! Why not just embrace the White Death? These films certainly do, so snuggle in with a big blanket…read more →
A Pretty Fun Neighborhood
The DUFF by George Wolf The DUFF may not be the best teen movie ever made, but after the string of If I Stay‘s and Fault in Our Stars‘s the…read more →