The entire concept behind “Compliance” seems so implausible that it should be a ridiculous idea to even discuss. Why the hell would this ever happen? HOW could this ever happen? But as the giant block letters right at the beginning…
The modern day Spoof has devolved into the laziest form of filmmaking and I blame the Wayans Brothers. This subset of films used to spawn classics with the early works of Mel Brooks (“Young Frankenstein,” “Blazing Saddles”), “Airplane” and, more…
About midway through “Gangster Squad” I began humoring the notion that the film might actually be striving for comedy. On the surface the project looks like it wants to be another “L.A. Confidential” with a weighty Noir feel but it…
Here is the list of Nominees for the 2013 Academy Awards. No Ben Affleck? No “Perks of Being a Wallflower” for Adapted Script? I’m actually happy Kathryn Bigelow was not nominated for “Zero Dark Thirty”. Altogether, there are very few…
Be assured that you will find something deeply disturbing about “Django Unchained”. Be it an image or the particular strain of dialogue heavily peppered with the N-word, there is plenty here to make you squirm. In fact if you don’t…
Sleep Tight is Available on Blu-ray and DVD from Dark Sky Films on January 8, 2013 Since “Sleep Tight” is a Spanish language movie I will write the following review in English subtitles. It only seems fitting. When it comes…
Filmmaker William Wall wears many hats. This is evident when perusing the credits of his feature film debut “The Immortal Edward Lumley” as most of the positions found under the crew category belong to him. In fact, instead of listing…
“Zero Dark Thirty” chronicles the 10 years between the horrors of September 11th and the SPOILER ALERT killing of Osama Bin Laden. The film takes its time fitting the pieces of the puzzle together and presents a load of information…
“The Impossible” gets right to the heavy stuff, quick and unapologetic. A British family is vacationing in Thailand at a nice, cookie-cutter resort on the ocean called The Orchid Resort. It is Mother Maria (Naomi Watts), Father Henry (Ewan McGregor)…
“Crawlspace” will be available in select theaters, on IFC Midnight Cable VOL & Digital Outlets (SundanceNOW, iTunes, Amazon Straming, XBOX Zune, Playstation Unlimited on Friday January 4th 2013 Now that you know all of the particulars of when and where…