The critical success of Rian Johnson’s Brick gave him a lot of freedom for his second feature film The Brothers Bloom. Unfortunately, like a lot of other directors, with this new found freedom of better actors, and a higher budget, this writer/director fell into some of the same pitfalls as directors like Guy Ritchie: all [...]
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The Brothers Bloom
July 26th, 2009 2 Comments
Tags: Adrien Brody · Mark Ruffalo · Rachel Weisz · Rian Johnson · Rinko Kikuchi · The Brothers Bloom
Reservation Road
October 10th, 2008 2 Comments
Sometimes, even the best of actors can’t save a movie that drowns in its own self-importance. Despite the best efforts of an all-star cast, Reservation Road is a complete disappointment to those expecting more than a Lifetime movie. Director Terry George (Hotel Rwanda) may have just proved himself a one hit wonder, and should [...]
Tags: Elle Fanning · Jennifer Connelly · Joaquin Phoenix · Mark Ruffalo · Mira Sorvino · Reservation Road · Sean Curley · Terry George
Blindness
October 4th, 2008 5 Comments
Blindness has enjoyed a wide release for one day now, and already, the naysayers are complaining. ‘Why should we watch something so sad?’ ‘What’s redeeming about a film that makes me think?’ Blindness isn’t as noble as the book it’s based on, but should be seen, nonetheless. For those that rely on the [...]
Tags: Blindness · Cesar Charlone · Fernando Mieirelles · Jose Saramago · Julianne Moore · Mark Ruffalo
Blindness
July 29th, 2008 2 Comments
Going to see X-Piles wasn’t a complete waste of time. Well, the 100 minutes of tense music, enthusiastic Mulder and perpetually skeptical Scully was a waste of time, but the trailers before hand provided some very interesting prospects for the near future. Of which the most promising is Blindness.
This movie seems to have everything going [...]
Tags: Blindness · Danny Glover · Fernando Meirelles · Film review · Gail Garcia Bernal · Jose Saramago · Julianne Moore · Mark Ruffalo · Sandra Oh
