Review, “Green Room” — *** stars (out of ****) Released April 15, 2016 (expanding nationwide today) Written and Directed by Jeremy Saulnier Cinematography by Sean Porter Starring Patrick Stewart, Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat ...
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Backwoods Nazis Must Die In “Green Room”
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“Adult World:” A Subtle, But Thoughtful, Allusion to Adulthood
Review, “Adult World” Overall Rating: *** stars (out of ****) Released February 14, 2014 Directed by Scott Coffey Writeny by Andrew Cochran Cinematography by James Laxton Starring Emma Roberts, John Cusack, Cloris Leachman, Evan Peters ...
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Apatow, Jacobs and Co. Preach Self-“Love” In Affecting New Series
TV Core-ner Review, “Love” – First Season (10 Episodes) Overall Rating: *** 1/2 stars (out of ****) Released February 19, 2016 Created by Judd Apatow, Lesley Arfin, Paul Rust Written by Apatow, Arfin, Rust, Brent ...
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If You Liked “Mad Max,” You’re Wrong (and Other Unpopular Movie Opinions): Alex’s 2015 Power Rankings
Let’s just jump right in. 52. “Anomalisa” (Directors: Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson) – 0 stars – Who in the world liked this? A guy with an all-encompassing, metaphorical prosopagnosia (although his condition also extends to ...
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Filmcore’s Coast-to-Coast Thoughts on “Knight of Cups,” a.k.a. “Christian Bale Goes To The Beach”
Last week, Filmcore’s Alex Kirschenbaum and Chris McKee saw the latest Terry Malick tone poem so you don’t have to. And both Filmcore scribes agree, “Knight of Cups” was a meandering mess of a movie ...
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“Deadpool” and I Have One Thing in Common: We Both Hate “Deadpool”
Review, “Deadpool” – 0 stars (out of ****) Released February 12, 2016 Directed by Tim Miller Written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick Cinematography by Ken Seng Starring Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, TJ Miller, Ed ...
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The Turning of the Tide?: Greg’s 2015 Movie Power Rankings
2015 doesn’t really stand out to me as a great or bad year for films, but I did find it to be a very diverse year and think the tide may be turning away from ...
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It Was No 2014, But It’ll Do: Chris’s 2015 Movie Power Rankings
All in all, 2015 was a pretty decent year for film. It didn’t quite reach the heights of 2014, which I think had three American cinematic masterpieces (“Birdman,” “Boyhood,” and “Whiplash”). I’m not sure there was ...
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Familiarity Reigns, as Dictated by the Moviemaking Powers That Be: Nick’s 2015 Movie Power Rankings
True “original” screenplays were in short supply last year, which is telling for several of my picks. Things have shifted, there is now an aggressive MO by studios big and small to explore the previously ...
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The Peaks and Valleys of an Interesting Year at the Movies: Armani’s 2015 Movie Power Rankings
2015 was a year of careening highs and lows at the movies, but it’s comforting to know that some of the right flicks are still standing come Oscar season. Not enough, because, you know, #OscarsSoWhite, ...