Film Review: The White Ribbon According To Michael Haneke, The Kids (Plus The Parents And Basically Everyone Else In The Community) Are Not Alright Over the course of his controversy-baiting career, Austrian auteur Michael Haneke has created can’t-look-away, punch-to-the-gut films that hover somewhere somewhere between the joyous [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ May 13, 2010 Read More “Trick or treat! ... Uh
Film Review: Babies What Are They, And Why Are They So Popular? Two weeks ago, just in time for Earth Day, Disney released its family-friendly documentary Oceans. This weekend, just in time for Mother’s Day, [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ May 06, 2010 Read More Babies: cute
Film Review: The Losers Starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana And Chris Evans Comic Book-Turned-Movie Turns Up The Boom-Boom-Pow With Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk all chugging along in their own successful movie franchises (plus Thor, Captain America [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Apr 29, 2010 Read More “Who to shoot first? ... Decisions
Film Review: The Art Of The Steal, An Eye-Opening Introduction To Art Crimes An Eye-Opening Introduction To Art Crimes Ever entertain ideas of participating in some multimillion-dollar art museum heist? Who hasn’t? But how would one go about accomplishing such a task [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Apr 22, 2010 Read More Barnes shows off his collection ... and his footrest.
Film Review: The Perfect Game Swing And A Miss Are inspirational sports dramas actually inspirational, or are they just a cheap and easy shortcut for lazy filmmakers to evoke an emotional response? [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Apr 15, 2010 Read More “See that kid over there? Bean ‘im with the ball.”
Film Review: The Messenger Starring Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster And Samantha Morton Delivering Bad News Makes For Good Drama In Quietly Powerful Indie Earlier this year, an independent film called The Messenger very quietly racked up two Oscar nominations—one for Best Original Screenplay and one for [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Apr 08, 2010 Read More
Film Review: Clash Of The Titans Myth Understandings Remake fever strikes again in the form of Clash of the Titans , a (semi-)big budget retooling of the 1981 myth adventure starring [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Apr 01, 2010 Read More Sorry. One carry-on only. And no gel containers over 3 ounces.
Film Review: Chloe Canadians Get Dirty (In A Very Clean Way) In Egoyan’s Newest Thriller Canada is a funny place. The country has produced its fair share of edgy entertainers: David Cronenberg, Kids in the Hall, William Gibson, [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 25, 2010 Read More
Film Review: Sweetgrass, A Raw, Open-Eyed Elegy For The American Cowboy Lots Of Baa, But No Humbug In This Raw, Open-Eyed Elegy For The American Cowboy Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Ilisa Barbash, the husband-and-wife filmmaking team behind Sweetgrass, apparently prefer the term “recordist” over the term “director.” Walking out of [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 11, 2010 Read More You’re all sheep!
Film Review: A Town Called Panic Plastic Playthings Spring To Life In Anarchic Anti- Toy Story “H.R. Pufnstuf,” “Teletubbies,” “SpongeBob SquarePants,” “Yo Gabba Gabba!” Every few years a self-described “kids” show pops up that holds a peculiar, hypnotic appeal [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 04, 2010 Read More Silly Cowboy and Indian have stolen the tractor yet again. This won’t end well.