Film Review: Atlas Shrugged: Part 1 Is A Compellingly Awful Adaptation Of Ayn Rand’s Opus Compellingly Awful Adaptation Argues The Merits Of Capitalism [photo]Online searches for Atlas Shrugged , Ayn Rand's controversial 1957 magnum opus, spiked recently. It wasn’t some coincidental alignment of college lit classes [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Apr 21, 2011 Read More “And this flowchart shows all the offshore banks we keep out money in.”
Film Review: Robert Redford’s True-Life Historical Drama The Conspirator Teaches, Preaches, With Speeches True-Life Historical Drama Teaches, Preaches, With Lots Of Speeches [photo]The Conspirator is one of those terribly well-intentioned films that crops up every so often, courting Oscar bonhomie and preaching to the choir [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Apr 14, 2011 Read More I love a man in uniform.
Film Review: Seriocomic Sports Flick Win Win Avoids Cliché, Embraces Closure Seriocomic Snapshot Of Troubled Families Avoids Cliché, Embraces Closure [photo]There is, in certain respects, a comforting familiarity to Win Win . In a nutshell, it tells the inspirational story of a middle-class [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Apr 07, 2011 Read More Who farted in church?
Film Review: 101-Year-Old Filmmaker Gets Romantic In The Strange Case Of Angelica The Spirit Is Willing But The Flesh Is Weak For Centenarian Filmmaker You don’t see a lot of films coming out of Portugal these days. I doubt you ever did. Filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira is [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 31, 2011 Read More Here
Film Review: The Brutality Of Mother Nature Is Exposed In National Geographic’s Raw Nature Doc The Last Lions March Goes Out Like A Lion With National Geographic’s Hard-Hitting Nature Documentary Throughout the ’50s, Walt Disney produced a series of notable wildlife documentaries called True-Life Adventures. Heavy on narration, ginned-up drama and the sort [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 24, 2011 Read More “Come to think of it
Film Review: Alien/Fanboy Road-Trip Buddy Flick Paul Is A Close Encounter Of The Nerd Kind These Probably Aren't The Droids You're Looking For In the new buddy film Paul , Simon Pegg and Nick Frost play Graeme and Clive, a science-fiction writer/artist team who take a [...] Benjamin Radford \ Mar 17, 2011 Read More
Film Review: Ed Helms Heads To An Unconventional Convention In A Film That’s Dark, Funny, Raunchy And Sweet All At The Same Time Ed Helms Heads To An Unconventional Convention In A Film That’s Dark, Funny, Raunchy And Sweet All At The Same Time [photo]Is it me, or have all the big-name Hollywood comedians (Eddie Murphy, Robin Williams, Adam Sandler, Jack Black) worn out their comedy film [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 10, 2011 Read More As team-building exercises
Film Review: Matt Damon Fights Fate To Get The Girl In The Adjustment Bureau Sci-Fi Romance Fights The Odds To Find Love [photo]A lot of people have tried to adapt the works of cult sci-fi guru Philip K. Dick to movies. Most attempts ( Next, [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 03, 2011 Read More “Now
Film Review: South Korean Melodrama The Housemaid Gets Dirty, But Not Dirty Enough South Korean Melodrama Gets Dirty, But Not Dirty Enough South Korean director Im Sang-Soo’s new film The Housemaid (Hanyo) is a remake of Kim Ki-Young’s well-regarded 1960 film of the same name. [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 24, 2011 Read More “Now it’s time to discuss your benefits package.”
Film Review: Actor Paul Giamatti Explores The Measure Of A Mensch In Barney’s Version Paul Giamatti Impresses In Story Of A Jewish Tv Producer Who Tries To Get Life Right Paul Giamatti isn’t precisely the model of a modern leading man. With his lumpy figure and naturalistic acting skills, he’s more of what [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 17, 2011 Read More “No