March 2011

For 1 Year, 100 Movies, contributor/filmmaker Trey Hock is watching all of AFI’s 100 Years, 100 Movies list (compiled in 2007) in one year. His reactions to each film are recorded here twice a week until the year (and list) is up! AFI’s 100 Years, 100 Movies list puts me in a somewhat awkward position […]

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Movie Review: Paul

by Eric Melin on March 18, 2011

in Video Reviews

Here’s my review of the new Simon Pegg/Nick Frost movie “Paul” from KTKA-49. Together with director Edgar Wright, actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost created two of the funniest and most loving tributes to genre films in recent memory: The zombie spoof “Shaun of the Dead” and the action movie “Hot Fuzz.” The duo returns […]

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It’s been a very strange 17 years for both Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster since they co-starred in the box office hit “Maverick.” Regardless of the odd turns their careers and personal lives took and the headlines they inspired, they are both very gifted actors and filmmakers and it’s a relief to see them work […]

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What is it about music? It can inspire, deeply move and remind us of times long since past. It’s that final piece which is the heart of The Music Never Stopped. We tie memories to sights, smells, and sounds. A familiar song can produce a rush of forgotten emotion tied to a specific moment from […]

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Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have proven their chemistry time and again as one of the best onscreen comedic duos currently working. Aside from cameo roles, the alien encounter/buddy comedy/road movie “Paul” marks their first feature not to be directed by Edgar Wright. While Wright was making “Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World,” Pegg and Frost […]

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For 1 Year, 100 Movies, contributor/filmmaker Trey Hock is watching all of AFI’s 100 Years, 100 Movies list (compiled in 2007) in one year. His reactions to each film are recorded here twice a week until the year (and list) is up! In 1975, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” took home the Big Five […]

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The Jury and Audience Award-winners of the 2011 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival were announced last night at the festival’s awards ceremony, hosted by comedian Owen Egerton in Austin, Texas. For the 2011 SXSW Film Festival, 140 features, consisting of 66 World Premieres, 15 North American Premieres and 15 U.S. Premieres, were […]

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“Attack the Block” opens with the disturbing mugging of a young nurse, Sam (Jodie Whittaker), by a group of hooded thugs. Considering how foreboding they seem, it’s a bit of shock to realize just how young her attackers are. Ladies and gentlemen, meet your protagonists. These posturing, barely post-pubescent hoods will be your protagonists for […]

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SXSW 2011 is underway and contributor George Hickman is filing his reports each day as the festival and its several world premiere movie events and panels continue. Here are a couple mini-reviews of new films at SXSW this year. One of the best things about the SXSW Film Festival is that the vast majority of […]

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SXSW 2011 is underway and contributor George Hickman is filing his reports each day as the festival and its several world premiere movie events and panels continue. “Saturday Night Live” cast member Kristen Wiig first gained cinematic notoriety for her scene-stealing bit part in Judd Apatow’s “Knocked Up.” Since then, she’s been the go-to comedic […]

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SXSW 2011 reviews of The Innkeepers and The Key Man

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SXSW 2011 is underway and contributor George Hickman is filing his reports each day as the festival and its several world premiere movie events and panels continue. Here are a couple mini-reviews of new films at SXSW this year. Blacktino (minor rock fist down) “Blacktino” is a local Austin production and was the debut feature […]

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Why Richard Lester’s “Superman II” is an overlooked movie classic that is reflective of its era.

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Movie Review: Red State

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What happened in Source Code?

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