Glittered high-end designer goods, expensive rides, plush celebrity mansions, teenagers without control and…not much else. Accompanied by trash talk and a loud, vulgar rap soundtrack, Sofia Coppola’s new feature The Bling Ring provides an accurate visualization of Nancy Jo Sales’ Vanity Fair article “The Suspects Wore Louboutins” revealing the true story of “a gang of well-off […]
She is clumsy, impulsive, irrational, indecisive, and forgetful. She is a 27, “looks older, but not grown up.” She is open and friendly with men, but she labels herself as: “undateable.” She has the right posture and body, but her lack of coordination makes her appear as a caricature of a dancer. She is educated […]
He did it again! After receiving recognition for his early work Shotgun Stories (2007) and Take Shelter (2011)- both featuring Michael Shannon- the Arkansas native writer/director Jeff Nichols delights admirers and critics at home and overseas with another crafty feature Mud. The coming-of-age indie premiered at Cannes in 2012 where it received a Palme d’Or […]
The Kings of Summer is a frankly delightful film, full of hilarious one liners, a strong emotional cord wrapped around a coming of age story, and awesome characters. It tells the story of Joe, a sarcastic high school freshman with a chip on his shoulder almost as big as his imagination, who convinces his overly-coddled […]
This Is The End is one of the most self-indulgent films of all time. People like to criticize Adam Sandler for essentially making movies that allow him to hang out with the people he likes in a beautiful location for the weekend. Well, This Is The End kind of double downs on that, allowing a […]
Note from the Editor: Two of our My Cinema staffers saw Man of Steel this weekend and they couldn’t disagree more on whether or not it was actually good. So, in keeping with our grand tradition of writer debates, we’re publishing both perspectives. “You will believe a man can fly” – Superman: The Motion Picture Superman is the first and the greatest superhero. […]
Note from the Editor: Two of our My Cinema staffers saw Man of Steel this weekend and they couldn’t disagree more on whether or not it was actually good. So, in keeping with our grand tradition of writer debates, we’re publishing both perspectives. You have to give Snyder credit for trying. When The Amazing Spiderman […]
Now You See Me is probably not a movie that greatly benefits from repeated viewings, but it is one hell of a fun time. Like Ocean’s 11 with a bit of a Shyamalan twist (from before that became an insult), the movie mostly coasts by on a summer blast of cool carried on the shoulders […]