The week before my eighth birthday the only thing I wanted more than a new bicycle was to see Crimson Tide. It was early May and I distinctly remember the adrenaline that coursed through my veins as my father closed the car door and informed me that we were on our way to the AMC. […]
Oliver Stone’s Savages is his best work in years. Or so the poster says. Given the slump Stone has been in since 2004’s epic failure Alexander, that’s not saying much. The film has been adapted from a book with the same name. I have not read the book and seeing the film did not encourage me […]
While this seems like the ultimate “White Whine,” sometimes watching and reviewing films can be difficult. Sure there are days when the movies sucks or they’re spectacular, or you had a friend who worked on them so you’re biased, but those feelings all have reconcilable ends. Ted is different. Ted left me . . . […]
Fresh off the indie hit Humpday, writer/director Lynn Shelton thrusts into the spotlight with Your Sister’s Sister. The basic premise lies in the trailer but for time’s sake we’ll summarize it in one sentence: Iris invites Jack to stay at a cabin but when Jack arrives her sister is there and he sleeps with her. […]
In a year when one of the top films pits kids against each other in an arena, where the world watches central Pennsylvania as one of the most grotesque pedophilia cases in history rocks a small town, and every political analyst seems to turn to the age old outcry of “someone think of the children”, […]
When you sit down to watch a buddy cop film you know what to expect; two mismatched partners find friendship as they solve an important case and involve themselves in each other’s lives. The paradigms of the genre have been set, our expectations skewed, and as an audience we have been emotionally conditioned to react […]
We all remember the distinct times in our lives where someone has put us down, excluded us, or made us feel like we do not belong. I can remember noogies in the recess yard, pantsing in gym class, and the nasty nicknames only kids (who remain the cruelest creatures) could come up with. It has […]
For me, the greatest kid’s film in the world was made in 1985 and starred a rag-tag group of adolescents trying to save their town from greedy country club owners. The Goonies literally shaped my childhood. I had it on VHS and watched it so many times that the opening seven minutes and closing fifteen […]