Film Review: Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’hoole Is A Gorgeous But Unoriginal Fantasy Gorgeous But Unoriginal Fantasy Is Mostly For The Birds Much as Hollywood wants you, the ticket-buying public, to think of 3D movies as the next indispensable trend, they’re not. Given their exorbitant [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Sep 23, 2010 Read More “That’s right: I’m family Tytonidae. How you like me now.”
I Like To Watch (Instantly): Alakazam The Great Notable Titles From The Netflix Watch Instantly World Now this is what I like to see on the Netflix Instant Watching roster: another digital-only release of an otherwise almost-impossible-to-find film—and in [...] Jerry Cornelius \ Sep 16, 2010 Read More Alakazam the Great
Film Review: Ben Affleck Commits A Near-Perfect Crime With The Town Ben Affleck Commits A Near-Perfect Crime Ben Affleck must have liked what he got a taste of in his 2007 writing-directing debut Gone Baby Gone, because he’s done his [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Sep 16, 2010 Read More “I told you we shoulda gone as hobos for Halloween.”
I Like To Watch (Instantly): The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth Notable ’80S Jim Henson Titles From The Netflix Watch Instantly World Back in 1982, Muppet men Jim Henson and Frank Oz created this imaginative fantasy film and populated it with some of their most [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Sep 16, 2010 Read More The Dark Crystal
Film Review: Todd Solondz’ Life During Wartime Is “Like Woody Allen, Only With Jokes About Rape And Terrorism.” Bleak-Humored Drama Goes Past Black Comedy Into ... I Don’t Know, Indigo ? There’s black comedy and then there’s Todd Solondz’ sense of humor. Which isn’t so much black as it is ... just plain wrong. [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Sep 09, 2010 Read More “That’s Mekka-Lekka- Hi Mekka-Hiney-Ho!”
I Like To Watch (Instantly): Ponyo, Astro Boy Notable Titles From The Netflix Watch Instantly World Ponyo is a great film. Some have dismissed it as sub-par Miyazaki, but those people are wrong. The intrusion of a cosmic magical [...] Jerry Cornelius \ Sep 09, 2010 Read More Ponyo
Film Review: Going The Distance Starring Drew Barrymore And Justin Long Romantic Comedy About Long-Distance Relationships Comes Up Short It’s common knowledge that you don’t go into a restaurant 10 minutes before closing time—odds are you’re gonna get served warmed-up leftovers, end-pieces [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Sep 02, 2010 Read More “What has two thumbs and loves sex? This guy! ... Oh
I Like To Watch (Instantly): Moon, A Scanner Darkly Notable Minimalist Science Fiction Titles From The Netflix Watch Instantly World Sam Rockwell ( Confessions of a Dangerous Mind ) stars (in fact, is the only star) in this micro-budgeted sci-fi miracle. Rockwell plays [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Sep 02, 2010 Read More “Sure
I Like To Watch (Instantly): Mother, Oldboy Notable South Korean Titles From The Netflix Watch Instantly World Bong Joon-ho—who gave us the incredible, genre-scrambling giant-monster movie The Host—returns with this 100 percent gripping thriller. Kim Hye-ja plays a doting mother [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Aug 26, 2010 Read More Mother
I Like To Watch (Instantly): Aeon Flux: The Complete Animated Collection Notable Titles From The Netflix Watch Instantly World [photo]In the early ’90s the first handful of Peter Chung’s “Aeon Flux” shorts totally blew the minds of flannel-clad, bong-huffing, MTV watchers everywhere, [...] Jerry Cornelius \ Aug 26, 2010 Read More Tongues and orifices feature prominently in “Aeon Flux”