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Don Jon (2013)
Cavemen most likely used their primitive imaginations and or a piece of charcoal to draw long flowing hair, round buttocks and large breasts on a rock wall. Men have been fantasizing about sex since...
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RUSH (2013)
Ron Howard’s Rush is a movie your parents would call a “modern” movie with much enthusiasm. All style and so little heart. Looked and felt more like a two hour beer commercial than an actual film....
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CBGB (2013)
Cockroaches squishing, large dogs a pooping, Dead Boys a bleeding and junkies a joking. If a song were to be written for Randall Miller’s movie CBGB about Hilly Kristal’s (Alan Rickman) famed New York...
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Gravity 2D (2013)
I enjoy Disney’s Star Tours as much as anybody, but never yearned for a 90 minute version. Should start by stating that I’m one of those purist film snobs that can’t stand the idea of 3D. Those of you...
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12 Years a Slave (2013)
As I literally gripped my armrests and forced my twisted gaze not to look away, I cursed myself for looking forward to this one with such vigor. I asked myself: “This illustration of hate, mutilation,...
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Escape From Tomorrow (2013)
The satirical fantasy film that was famously shot guerrilla style at Disneyland and Disney World without the mouse’s approval. How could this movie even exist and how could you not let your curiosity...
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All is Lost (2013)
Instant Classic is a phrase that is bandied about quite a bit. Rarely does a film live up to such lofty praise, but this one should. All is Lost is a movie I could’ve easily hated and truth be told, I...
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The Counselor (2013)
Like lecturing a class for a test that will come later, Ridley Scott’s latest is so heavy with dialogue and set up, your exhausted by the time anything actually happens. By the way, very little...
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About Time (2013)
The tagline of Richard Curtis’ third film is: “A new funny film about love. With a bit of time travel.” It’s a rare tagline that is this devoid of puns, wordplay and cleverness, but it does sum it all...
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Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Ridiculous. Matthew McConaughey was so good in this it was ridiculous. Nobody can do his performance justice with descriptive words on a page. You must see his spindly determination for yourself. After...
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Blue Is The Warmest Color (La Vie d’Adéle) (2013)
Imagine an ungodly long movie about an American who falls in love with Japanese culture, wonders around Japan, just taking in the scenery, only to occasionally stop off for lengthy sushi meals which...
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The Armstrong Lie (2013)
We should all consider ourselves lucky, with the exception of Lance Armstrong. We as an audience are fortunate that Academy Award winning documentarian, Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the...
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Nebraska (2013)
A portrait of depression with a wink and a smile. Went in resisting, but Nebraska defeated me in the end and tears did stream. Resembling an early Jaramucsh film with less humor and fewer beats per...
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Out of the Furnace (2013)
Out of the Furnace is sure to thrust you into the depression, despite the use of Pearl Jam to not only open, but used to awkwardly close the film as well. Compelling performances bring this less than...
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American Hustle (2013)
“He’s just doing Scorsese.” “He’s too obsessed with the period.” “The women outshine the men.” These are all things that have been uttered in my presence and much to my chagrin. All true statements,...
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The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Rich white men behaving badly for nearly three hours would be a more accurate title. Not as catchy though. Scorsese’s Christmas comedy is overweight, coked up and luded out. Problem is, it’s funny....
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Her (2013)
An Emos Terminator. After the initial response to Scarlett Johansson as the disembodied AI/OS wears off, you’re left with the building blocks of a romantic comedy, minus the comedy. There is poetic...
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Only if Mitty forwent the entire point of the movie. Had he ignored his inner adventurer and instead stayed in the office, this could’ve been a contender. If he never went looking for the sanctimonious...
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I’m Not Here
Where the hell have I been? Watching the Olympics, The Lego Movie more than once, but more often than not I’ve been hanging out in editing hell. That is to say that I’ve been editing not one, but two...
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Noah (2014)
Noah had a count of one and two going in. Russell Crowe was strike one. Another Bible movie was strike two. The ball, and it was a big one as in way outside, was Darren Aronofsky. Just the idea of such...
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