My first movie premiere and my first trip to SXSW all in one. Quite exciting.
The first thing I noticed with the kickoff film of SXSW was the line. By the time the movie started I think it covered 3 of the 4 blocks around the building, broken into groups of badge holders, pass holders and [...]
This is an enjoyable film. Lean, tight, not a lot of fluff. It has a direction and stays with it till the end.
A nice, dramatic turn for Paul Rudd, who I’m used to seeing in comedy, playing a soon to be out of work clam digger in 1970’s Long Island, as the larger corporations move [...]
This was an… extreme film to say the least. Graphic in its use of language and violence and extreme in its performances, this film was quite an experience.
The performances in this film, which basically amounted to a two person play, were way over the top while staying quite entertaining. Alan Cumming, in I believe his [...]
It is funny, that you can have a movie with an Oscar winner and so many well known actors and come out thinking that you just watched such a small movie. That’s a testament to either how hard someone worked on the film to give it that feel, or how hard it was to actually [...]
To be honest, up until an hour before I saw this movie, I had assumed we were going to see a documentary about pot growers - and was not looking forward to it.
But that is not what this movie was at all. It was actually a movie with real, honest to goodness actors, and a [...]
Web Developer by day, this site was first launched in 2005, when I realized I go to the movie theater a LOT more than the average person, and certainly more than the people I associate with.
Doing my best to see a double feature every Friday afternoon, this started as a place to review films, but I think over time I would like to change that to overall film and movie industry essays, with the occassional review thrown in when possible.