I realize that I’m a little Johnny-Come-Lately when it comes to The Kids Are All Right, but I can’t help but share my enthusiasm for this film. I will note that my tardiness is partly due to the lack of screenings in Salt Lake City. I knew from all the reports that this is a [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Mark Ruffalo'
The Kids Are All Right
August 27th, 2010 4 Comments
Tags: Annette Benning · Josh Hutchinson · Julianne Moore · Lisa Cholodenko · Mark Ruffalo · Mia Wasikowska · Stuart Blumberg · The Kids Are all Right
The Brothers Bloom
July 26th, 2009 2 Comments
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 [...]
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 perhaps, [...]
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 cinema solely [...]
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 [...]
Tags: Blindness · Danny Glover · Fernando Meirelles · Film review · Gail Garcia Bernal · Jose Saramago · Julianne Moore · Mark Ruffalo · Sandra Oh
