Film Review: Toni Erdmann German Comedy-Drama Finds Odd Connection Between Ridiculous Father And Uptight Daughter One sure sign of the success of a foreign film is how quickly the American remake rights get snapped up. The German dramedy [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 16, 2017 Read More
Film Review: 2017 Oscar Nominated Short Films (Animated) This Year’s Short Films Are Long On Talent Every year movie lovers are afforded a unique opportunity to catch up on their Oscar-nominated film viewing. Sure, you could go to the [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 09, 2017 Read More
Film Review: Julieta Spanish Provocateur Returns With A Surprisingly Low-Key Melodrama About Familial Guilt There are plenty of people out there for whom the words “un film de Almodóvar” are just cause for celebration. After a couple [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 02, 2017 Read More
Film Review: Xxx: Return Of Xander Cage The Xander Zone Returns, Taking Us All Back To The Era Of Exxxtreme Is there any point to criticizing a lunkheaded Vin Diesel action movie for being a lunkheaded Vin Diesel action movie? No, not really. [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 26, 2017 Read More
Film Review: 20Th Century Women Coming-Of-Age Dramedy Looks For Family In Friends Following his feature film debut with 2005’s indie darling Thumbsucker (based on Walter Kirn’s novel), writer-director Mike Mills turned to plundering his own [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 19, 2017 Read More Nice band photo
Film Review: Elle Script-Flipping European Thriller Finds Isabelle Huppert Getting Down With Her Bad Self Dutch director Paul Verhoeven is no stranger to exploitation. His early, overseas works (Diary of a Hooker, Turkish Delight, Soldier of Orange, Spetters) [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 12, 2017 Read More “I’ll take two.”
Film Review: Ocean Waves Animated Story Of Teenage Love Finally Washes Up On American Shores Fans of Japanese animation can be forgiven for their constant on-again, off-again speculation whether “semiretired” master Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki will ever direct [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 05, 2017 Read More There’s the ocean. And there are the waves.
Film Review: Jackie Camelot Is Born In Media-Savvy Biopic About Jfk’s Grieving Widow Jacqueline Kennedy is one of the most powerful figures in pop cultural history. And yet, for all we think we know about her, [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Dec 22, 2016 Read More “What the heck
Film Review: La La Land Modern-Day Musical Should Garner Fans Despite Flaws Kudos are deservedly due to filmmaker Damien Chazelle for unabashedly and unironically embracing the antiquated, Busby Berkeley-style song-and-dance musical with his sophomore effort, [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Dec 15, 2016 Read More “Next up on “So You Think You Can Dance” ...”
Film Review: Incarnate The Devil Is Not In The Details In Redundant New Exorcism Drama If you’re like most people, when you think of the holidays, you think of egg nog, Christmas trees, Santa Claus and demonic possession. [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Dec 08, 2016 Read More “Can somebody turn on a light in here?”
