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Review: AN OCCASIONAL FISH

October 15, 2008 John Gibbon

Low budget filmmakers deserve more credit than they usually receive. Forced to film on weekends, directors and actors are faced with lighting and continuity issues. They have no caterers, no costume designers, and no huge [click for more]

Review: THE EXPRESS

October 10, 2008 Rich Drees

It is no secret that nearly all sports movies follow a standard template, with little deviation between them. What makes them distinguishable is the subject matter itself and the stylistic way the director tells the [click for more]

Review: HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND ALIENATE PEOPLE

October 3, 2008 Rich Drees

Don’t let the title fool you. How To Lose Friends And Alienate People is nothing more than a fairly typical romantic comedy disguised as a satire about the shallow and callow world of high gloss [click for more]

Review: CHOKE

September 27, 2008 Rich Drees

Victor (Sam Rockwell) is a sex addict. Whether it is at his day job as an “historical interpreter” at a recreation Colonial Village or while visiting his ailing mother (Angelica Huston) at the mental hospital, [click for more]

Review: IN THE ARMS OF MY ENEMY

September 16, 2008 Michael McGonigle

I first saw this film at the 2008 Philadelphia Film Festival and I was completely blown away by it and it has finally been released onto DVD. With its hyperlink structure, fascinating characters and distinctive [click for more]

Review: BURN AFTER READING

September 15, 2008 Michael McGonigle

Burn After Reading is a very funny Coen Brothers movie that is far more meaningful than their last film, the Best Picture winning film No Country For Old Men. Beginning with a cosmic zoom into [click for more]

Review: RIGHTEOUS KILL

September 12, 2008 Rich Drees

Righteous Kill is a movie built around a plot device. That wouldn’t be a bad thing in itself, except for the fact that as the film’s moves into its third act, the revealed motive for [click for more]

Review: SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO

September 6, 2008 Rich Drees

In the small Japanese town of Yuta, two rival gangs have formed an uneasy truce. They both are after a rumored treasure, but have been unable to find it. Into Yuta comes a lone gunman [click for more]

Review: FROZEN RIVER

August 24, 2008 Michael McGonigle

I generally try to find something positive to say about a director’s first film. But I can’t with Frozen River. I have no doubt that writer/director Courtney Hunt is passionate about her story and characters, [click for more]

Review: HAMLET 2

August 21, 2008 Rich Drees

While Dana Marschz (Steve Coogan) believes that to live as an actor is to live a dream, he has found himself where dreams go to die- Tucson, Arizona. An actor whose career highlights include a [click for more]