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Clear History (2013) 10 Aug 2013 | 05:22 pm
Clear History is a stunningly unfunny comedy, a failure that's all the more disheartening when one considers that it comes from the same minds that penned some of the finest episodes of both Curb Your...
Current, HRW Film Festival, "The Guillotines," "Beetlejuice," etc. 14 Jun 2013 | 06:07 am
Less output than I'd have liked the past few weeks, but given that I've finally started proper full time employment for the first time in nearly two years (as opposed to multiple part time job employm...
Current: "The Great Gatsby," "The Last Stand," etc. 23 May 2013 | 11:25 am
A few links to catch up on. Though mixed, I'm ultimately in favor of Baz Luhrmann's all-over-the-place adaptation of The Great Gatsby, my review of which can be read online at the Berks-Mont News here...
Current, "Iron Man Three," "The Big Wedding," etc. 7 May 2013 | 09:58 pm
Not much new over these past few weeks, but some exciting news in that I'll now be contributing to the online (and occasionally the print) edition of The Southern Berks News. My first review for them ...
Current: "Naked Lunch," "MST3K XXVI," etc. 19 Apr 2013 | 02:34 am
Time to catch up on my latest critical endeavors: Murph: The Protector came and went and as near as I can tell no one cared. Fists of Legend may still be playing but, despite some energetic fighting s...
Roger Ebert, 1942 - 2013 9 Apr 2013 | 12:21 am
There isn't much I can say that hadn't already been repeated a thousandfold by this past Thursday evening. Roger was a mentor, a poet, and even though I never met or corresponded with him directly, a ...
Current: "Vanishing Waves," "College," etc. 16 Mar 2013 | 02:23 am
Three new pieces at Slant Magazine for your reading pleasure: Vanishing Waves (pictured above), the best new film I've seen so far in 2013, is out this week in New York and other privileged locations....
Current: "Pavilion," "The Last Exorcism Part II," etc. 2 Mar 2013 | 10:43 pm
Two reviews at Slant Magazine for new releases this week: Pavilion, which was quite good, and The Last Exorcism Part II, which was not. In other news, as of yesterday, I'm one of the new members of t...
Escape from Planet Earth 19 Feb 2013 | 04:07 am
It's hard to exhibit anything other than pity toward Escape from Planet Earth, an energetic and well-meaning but thoroughly watered-down and creatively ossified kiddie flick unceremoniously dumped int...
The Berlin File 16 Feb 2013 | 01:05 am
...a sporadically entertaining, modestly ambitious shoot 'em up that frequently succumbs to spelling out its subtext. At least the fisticuffs and gunfights are skillfully composed and edited, none bet...
