A Single Man

Tom Ford’s A Single Man was a giant risk for most those involved.  It was a risk for Ford, a beginner film maker and script adapter.  A risk taking a staple of homosexual fiction and turning in to something possibly trite and decidedly unworthy.  A risk for Colin Firth who may have alienated his rom-com following, or presenting as unable to carry a serious role.  Okay, so it wasn’t a risk for Julianne Moore who has no dignity any more... Read More

Watchmen – Very Am-bitch-ious.

The only thing better than the blogosphere tossing out reviews of Watchmen, is the blogging world blogging about bloggers tossing out reviews of Watchmen; which I am now guilty of.  But it’s true.  I would feel so redundant trying to verbalize how I feel about this film when I can just steal the opinions of other people who have 1) read the graphic novel (yes, I’m one of the 15 people in the world who haven’t), 2) already posted... Read More

Brideshead Revisited

It’s difficult to compare this movie to the novel it’s based off of when I’ve never read it.  But if the film is similar to the book, I think that I’ll probably pass on it (no offense to Evelyn Waugh).  There is so much content shoved into this 1 hour and 40 minute film, I never really quite understood what direction director Julian Jarrold wanted to go. The first third of the film was incestuously and erotically charged... Read More