Rent It THE MOVIE: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials and other sources, not the Blu-ray edition under review. I’m a bit stymied how to even begin approaching this one
Rent It THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. Casey Affleck assumes the quiet, thoughtful demeanor of his cowardly killer in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford again in Director David Lowery’s Ain’t Them Bodies Saints . Less a coward than a lovesick ne’er-do-well, Affleck’s Bob Muldoon takes the blame for shooting a cop to save his …
Recommended Much like director Neil Blomkamp’s debut film, District 9 (2009), sophomore effort Elysium (2013) is anything but an exercise in subtlety. Both present a sci-fi facade that masks heavy undercurrents of timeless social and political commentary, including class warfare and the threat of oppressive authority. But unlike its bug-minded older brother, Elysium trades in apartheid for …
Recommended TheShow: In Japan, the government funded Young Animator Training Project grantsmoney to companies for the express purpose of passing on animationexpertise to the next generation through on-the-job training withnovice animators working with more experienced talent.
Recommended The Movie: As far as all-black musicals are concerned, 20th Century Fox’s 1954 production Carmen Jones is a towering achievement.
Rent It As evidenced by its title, Touchy Feely aims for emotion on an intimate level. The healing touch (or lack of it) is the name’s basic pun, but this drama / comedy focuses on a cast of characters who are holding their feelings back, afraid of the emotional contact two people can share. It sounds like prime material for director / writer Lynn Shelton: her last film, Your Sister’s Sister …
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Highly Recommended THE FILM: It is difficult to objectively review Fast & Furious 6 since its star, Paul Walker, died so suddenly on November 30. I grew up with these films. I was the target audience for The Fast and the Furious back in 2001, and I remain a fan of the franchise.
Rent It The Movie: At this point, the Jerry Bruckheimer/Gore Verbinski adaptation of the old radio and TV series The Lone Ranger has been a huge box office disappointment, a critical failure, and, on the opposite end of the spectrum, one of Quentin Tarantino’s ten favorite films of 2013.
Rent It The Movie: A nice thing sometimes about actors from previous eras is that their sheer volume of work is almost overwhelming for those unfamiliar with it.