Reviews

[Review] The Wedding Ringer

If Kevin Hart ever makes a sequel to his concert film Let Me Explain, I hope he explains the circumstances behind his latest effort, The Wedding Ringer, an inco...

[Review] Paddington

When Michael Bond’s beloved creation Paddington first showed up in children’s books in the 1950’s, he was sitting there in the train station he’s named after, w...

[Review] Appropriate Behavior

When Desiree Akhavan first appears onscreen in her feature debut Appropriate Behavior, one thing is for sure: she's a stunner. With a statuesque figure, dark ca...

[Review] Still Life

Oscar-nominated producer (for The Full Monty) Uberto Pasolini's second film as writer/director isn't easily categorized. Aptly labeled with the hybridized compr...

[Review] Spare Parts

Tucked away in a screen at your local multiplex you’ll find another feature film, all be it not an Oscar prestige drama, tackling another contemporary issue hea...

[Review] Blackhat

Is there a way for a village to get wiped out—buildings and people—and still ensure the dogs are safe? No. So why do Michael Mann and Morgan Davis Foehl write B...

[Review] La última película

Like filmmakers before him who have crafted works expressing the fears and anxieties surrounding Y2K (Wong Kar-wai, David Fincher, and Gary Burns spring to mind...

[Review] Taken 3

The saying “it is what it is” comes to mind when describing Taken 3. While that's certainly a cop-out in film criticism, unlike the thrillers that promise thril...

[Review] Something, Anything

Don’t let the generic title fool you. Paul Harrill’s Something, Anything gently tells its story through detailed specificity. One might not be able to place the...

[Review] Li’l Quinquin

There is much talk about whether Li’l Quinquin, the latest from Bruno Dumont (Camille Claudel 1915, L'Humanité, Flandres) is a TV series or a film. It was commi...