Chris says: “It’s not so much that Melissa McCarthy is a revelation here as that she finally has a role that allows her to be more than just silly or weird (although she’s occasionally those things too.) The real-life story
Jason says: “SPOTLIGHT is not the sort of movie that is generally described as relentless, but what makes it great is that its makers are, in fact, unceasing and focused on their goal of depicting how a group of Boston
Kyle says: “’Dear White People: The amount of black friends required not to seem racist has just been raised to two. Sorry, your weed man Tyrone doesn’t count!’ Thus Samantha White (Tessa Thompson) begins her Winchester University campus radio show
Bruce says: “Some films focus on the inner selves of the characters; others focus more on the relationship of the characters to society as a whole. THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES, certainly one of America’s finest films of this millennium,
Jason says: “The first half of Jean-François Richet’s two-part biography of French gangster Jacques Mesrine, KILLER INSTINCT, was quitE good; the second half, PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE, is even better: As much as it’s still shuffling a lot of characters
Jason says: “I considered skipping the 20TH CENTURY BOYS double feature at Fantasia, not out of disinterest or fear that it wouldn’t be any good, but because the weeks that translations of Naoki Urusawa’s manga are released are the ones
Jason says: “Even if 2009 weren’t one of the most disappointing summer movie seasons in recent memory, I’d still wish that more foreign popcorn films got released here. I know subtitles can be a tough sell for movies aimed at
Bruce says: “Two young men, Philip (Anders Danielsen Lie) and Erik (Espen Klouman Høiner), graduate from university with a shared dream of becoming famous writers, and shortly thereafter they send their manuscripts off to publishers.. Friends since childhood, they have
Bruce says: “Gael Garcia Bernal (Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN, BAD EDUCATION, AMORES PERROS, THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES, and THE CRIME OF FATHER AMARO) has extraordinary talent. THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP is a wise choice for his resume, literally a showcase for
Michael says: “The directors of LOST IN LA MANCHA, Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe have constructed a false documentary set in the mid-70’s about two conjoined twins who are transformed by an entertainment promoter into a proto-punk musical act. The
