Daydream Nation, a quirky little film that generated a decent amount of buzz at Toronto last fall and is playing now in limited release, is a frequently funny, sexy, trip of a film in spite of a tendency to feel uneven more than it should. Chalk it up to freshman jitters, maybe, but I felt [...]
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An Invisible Sign of My Own
Posted by admin on May 11th, 2011
Release Date: 05/06/2011 Rating: Not Yet Available Runtime: Not Yet Available Genre: Drama Director: Marilyn Agrelo Cast: Jessica Alba, Chris Messina, John Shea, Bailee Madison Whatever it was about Aimee Bender‘s well-received novel that made this team want to turn it into a film remains invisible in An Invisible Sign. Lisa Rinzler‘s well-judged, intensely hued cinematography is the only element of [...]
Thor
Posted by admin on May 11th, 2011
Release Date: 05/06/2011 Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins Genre:Fantasy, Action Director:Kenneth Branagh Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins “Thor” doth cometh to smite thee! Okay, so the Thor in Kenneth Branagh’s big-screen version of the Marvel Comics character doesn’t actually talk like a reject from a Renaissance Fair, which is a shame, as [...]
The Silent House
Posted by admin on May 11th, 2011
Release Date: 05/09/2011 Rating: NR Runtime: 1 hr 18 mins Genre:Horror Director:Gustavo Hernández Cast: Florencia Colucci, Abel Tripaldi, Gustavo Alonso, Maria Paz Salazar Ever since I first discovered Goodfellas (scene embedded above), I’ve been fascinated in the long tracking shots of filmmakers such as Scorsese, Kubrick, PT Anderson, De Palma, Altman, Welles, Cuaron and Hitchcock. I haven’t however seen [...]