It’s hard to argue with the enormous amount of enthusiastic earnestness on display in The Muppets, the new reboot of a movie franchise that hasn’t been vital since 1984.
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Reviews
‘The Descendants’ is another nuanced look at the tragicomic world of the modern adult male from the man who brought us ‘Election,’ ‘About Schmidt,’ and ‘Sideways.’
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Martin Scorsese isn’t really the kind of director you would expect to mount a big-budget family film, but once its clear that the beautifully shot ‘Hugo’ is both an adventure movie and a love letter to restoring classic cinema, it all makes sense.
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When it’s at it best, ‘Like Crazy’ explores the awkward, impulsive and wonderful parts of being in a youthful love affair.
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At times compelling, at times utterly ludicrous, ‘The Skin I Live In’ always gives us something eye-catching or stomach-churning to watch.
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Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart play their connection convincingly, but they are the only ones. Ultimately, this movie has more forced sincerity than a Republican presidential debate.
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‘The Other F Word’ is a documentary about punk rockers who are used to bucking authority and now find it hard to assimilate to fatherhood and keep their punk attitudes. Sounds interesting, but how’s the movie?
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The 1968 Kaneto Shindo horror classic ‘Kuroneko’ is out in a beautiful new transfer from The Criterion Collection. Check out this DVD and Blu-ray review.
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Two new historical dramas adapted from best-selling novels are out on Blu-ray and DVD. Read/watch Eric’s review to see if either are worth checking out.
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For anyone curious about exploring the origins of the French New Wave, Claude Chabrol’s ‘Les Cousins’ is a dark, pessimistic, and intelligently mounted film, out now on DVD and Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection.
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‘J. Edgar’ is a frustrating watch for sure, and its pace flags several times due to some heavy-handed narration that struggles with these historical themes, but the fact that it’s always fighting itself is kind of fascinating too.
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Director Sean Durkin uses shallow depth of field in an attempt to accentuate the psychological claustrophobia that Martha feels. Instead he manages to distract from Elizabeth Olsen’s stellar performance and detach the viewer from the emotional content or a genuine understanding of a well developed character.
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At festivals now, ‘Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone’ is an effective rock documentary of a one-of-a-kind alternative band that should have been bigger.
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Criterion’s Blu-ray restoration of the 1921 Swedish silent film looks and sounds amazing, and the movie remains a spooky classic.
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A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas kicks off the holiday season right after Halloween, which is appropriate, because this movie is kind of a freak show.
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