Director: Jeff Nichols Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, Reese Witherspoon Matthew McConaughey appears to be on a roll in regards to choosing his roles. With this Jeff Nichols follow-up to the fantastic Take Shelter, McConaughey is now the lead (or at least the co-lead) in a film that happens to be my favorite of the … Continue reading »
Okay, so the following is an unedited diary of what took place last night while I was watching the slumberfest that was the Oscars. Take a look and enjoy! 7:00 – well I thought the oscars started at 7 but it looks like I’ll be suffering through 30 minutes of red carpet… 7:04 – Halle … Continue reading »
The Academy Awards are here, so I decided to give out some of my own awards that mean about as much as the Oscars (nothing, they mean nothing)! Best Cinematic Experience The Dark Knight Rises Despite the tragic events in Colorado that put a damper on the opening week of the film, The Dark Knight … Continue reading »
Director: Sam Mendes Starring: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem The newest entry into the James Bond franchise has just been released, and it is essentially a reboot of the series and, quite honestly, is brilliant. Director Sam Mendes has very possibly done for James Bond what Christopher Nolan accomplished for the Batman franchise. The only difference … Continue reading »
With the first really big holiday release due out on Friday, November 9th, it felt like this week would be a good time to give a preview of the upcoming holiday movie season. I’m looking forward to this season as I hope it redeems the film industry from what has been a lackluster (to say … Continue reading »
Director: Tim Burton Starring: Johnny Depp, Eva Green, Michelle Pfeiffer This movie is just a mess. I’m really disappointed in this less than stellar effort from Tim Burton and company, not because I was expecting much, but because of how truly awful Dark Shadows turned out to be in the end. This is a film (if you … Continue reading »
Director: Ben Affleck Starring: Ben Affleck, Alan Arkin, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman “Argo f*** yourself” — Lester Siegel With Ben Affleck’s 3rd directorial effort, he is now batting 1.000 and he has become, in this reviewer’s mind, one of the prominent directors in Hollywood. His three feature-length films include Gone Baby Gone, which brought us a spectacular … Continue reading »
Director: Rian Johnson Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt With Looper, Rian Johnson has now directed at least 3 things that I have found absolutely brilliant. The other two items being the 2005 film Brick and the Breaking Bad episode entitled Fly, in which almost the entire plot revolves around trying to get rid of … Continue reading »
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams Dear Paul Thomas Anderson, I would like to start by saying thank you. Thank you for providing some of the greatest movies of my time that are available for my viewing pleasure. Thank you for bringing out the best in performers such as … Continue reading »
Director: Leslye Headland Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan Bachelorette is essentially a film that is trying to be a female version of The Hangover only with more of an independent film flair. One of the problems (among many others) with this is that this movie isn’t funny at all. Now, for the other problems. Not only is … Continue reading »
