Film Review: Unpredictable Rom-Com Crazy, Stupid, Love. Admits Love Is A Long, Hard Road Unpredictable Romantic Comedy Marries Drama And A Big-Name Cast For Lovable Results It probably won’t appear this way on the movie theater marquee, so it’s worth noting the complete, correct title of Crazy, Stupid, Love. [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jul 28, 2011 Read More
I Like To Watch (Instantly): Heavenly Creatures, Dead Alive Notable Peter Jackson Titles From The Netflix Watch Instantly World Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson directs this bold tale about two girls' obsessive friendship. When introvert schoolgirl Pauline (Melanie Lynskey) meets [...] Ardee Napolitano \ Jul 21, 2011 Read More Heavenly Creatures
Film Review: Newspapers Go To The Movies In Gripping Journalism Documentary Page One: Inside The New York Times Behind-The-Scenes Doc Features All The News That’s Fit To Print Print is dead. It’s a refrain that gets repeated a lot in today’s Wi-Fi-filled, Twitter-fied, Kindle-toting world. And—premature obituary or not—it’s still an [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jul 21, 2011 Read More
I Like To Watch (Instantly): Ponyo, The Secret Of Kells Notable Animated Titles From The Netflix Watch Instantly World From My Neighbor Totoro to Princess Mononoke to Spirited Away to Howl's Moving Castle , the release of a new animated masterpiece from [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jul 14, 2011 Read More
Film Review: Workers Face Employers From Hell In Raunchy Comedy Horrible Bosses Fear Of Unemployment Stokes Conventionally Crude Comedy In Horrible Bosses, three put-upon workers conspire to bump off one another’s evil employers. Yes, it’s a variation on Alfred Hitchcock’s 1951 classic [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jul 14, 2011 Read More
Film Review: Transformers: Dark Of The Moon Is Least Terrible Transformers Movie In Franchise Maybe Optimus Isn’t Past His Prime; Or, How To Make The Least Awful Transformers Movie Ever The best defense of the third Transformers movie is that nobody buying a ticket to Transformers: Dark of the Moon believes they’re about [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jul 07, 2011 Read More
I Like To Watch (Instantly): Ashes Of Time Redux, Death Trance Notable Martial Arts Titles From The Netflix Watch Instantly World Hong Kong director Wong Kar-Wai takes another crack at his mostly misunderstood new wave martial arts film from 1994. Jacky Cheung, Leslie Cheung [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jul 07, 2011 Read More Ashes of Time Redux
I Like To Watch (Instantly): The Overture, Heading South Notable International Dramas From The Netflix Watch Instantly World This acclaimed Thai film is based on the life of Luang Paradit Pairoh, Thailand's most revered traditional musician. The elegant and sensitive narrative [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jun 30, 2011 Read More The Overture
Film Review: Congolese Gangster Flick Viva Riva! Shot Through With Sex And Violence Congolese Gangster Flick Shot Through With Sex And Violence It’s not every day you see a film from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In fact, in all my years of sitting [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jun 30, 2011 Read More “Bad guys don’t always wear black
I Like To Watch (Instantly): Mesrine: Killer Instinct, Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 Notable French Thriller Titles From The Netflix Watch Instantly World This is the first film in the epic, two-part Gallic gangster saga Mesrine . Vincent Cassel ( Irreversible , Brotherhood of the Wolf [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jun 23, 2011 Read More Mesrine: Killer Instinct