Film Review: Demolition Grief-Based Comedy Unsuccessfully Tries To Mix Quirky And Melancholic There’s no doubt that grief makes us do funny things. Whether or not it makes us do comedic things is open to debate. [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Apr 07, 2016 Read More There’s probably a French word that means “sad but whimsical at the same time.” You should not learn that word.
Film Review: I Saw The Light Tom Hiddleston Shines In The Role Of Hank Williams, But The Film Just Doesn’t Sing The life of country-western singer Hank Williams would seem to be the very essense of dramatic biography fodder: famous by 23, dead by [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 31, 2016 Read More “I’mma buy you a drank. Then I’mma take you home with me. I got money in the bank. Shawty what you think ‘bout that?”
Film Review: Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice Superheroes Battle To See Who Can Cause The Biggest Explosion In Unnecessarily Dour Franchise Filler Occasionally stars align, egos swell and famous musical artists feel the urge to combine their talents for the greater good in something called [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 24, 2016 Read More “Ladies and gentlemen
Film Review: The Bronze Rude Comedy/Drama Looks For Humor In Failure, But Doesn’t Entirely Succeed Back in 2004 Hope Ann Greggory won the heart of America when she locked down a bronze medal in gymnastics at the Summer [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 17, 2016 Read More “Calories are your friend.”
Film Review: Embrace Of The Serpent Trippy Colombian Adventure Tale Takes Us Up The River And Out Of Our Heads Embrace of the Serpent, the Colombian film nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Oscars, takes viewers on a mythopoetic historical [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 10, 2016 Read More Damn. Shaman got abs.
Film Review: Zootopia Disney Turns An Animal Utopia On Its Ear In This Savvy, Sociological Crime Caper Children’s cartoons in general and Disney animated films in particular aren’t exactly noted for their biting social commentary. And yet, the Mouse Corporation’s [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 03, 2016 Read More They make a cute couple
Film Review: Eddie The Eagle Sporting Biopic Sticks Strictly To The Bunny Hill, But It’s A Crowd-Pleaser Nonetheless Is there no sporting event that the successful conquering of, or noble failure at, cannot inspire us mere out-of-shape mortals to manly tears [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 25, 2016 Read More “We’re number one! We’re number one! We ... Oh
Film Review: The Witch Historical Horror Combines Pilgrims And Paranoia The Witch, the ominous and intricately constructed writing-directing debut from production and costume designer Rob Eggers, comes with the attached subtitle “A New [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 18, 2016 Read More Sorry
Film Review: Deadpool Comic Books Get Comic In R-Rated Superhero Parody Deadpool, based on the cult fave Marvel Comics character, arrives just as the viewing public is on the verge of superhero overload. Television [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 11, 2016 Read More Deadpool carpools with Negasonic Teenage Warhead
Film Review: 45 Years Domestic Drama About Love And Marriage Keeps Its Tension Deep Under The Surface Charlotte Rampling is like a lot of esteemed British actors. Her work spans an amazingly diverse range of roles—from The Night Porter to [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 04, 2016 Read More The decaf is just not cutting it.