Film Review: The International Globe-Hopping Thriller Banks On Handsome Stars And Pretty Directing One of the hardest tasks for Hollywood screenwriters is finding good villains. The problem is not in crafting antagonists who are realistic or [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 19, 2009 Read More “Hey
Film Review: Virtual Jfk: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived History 101: The Alternate Version Joining, if not flat-out founding, the underpopulated genre of “speculative documentary,” Koji Masutani’s Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived takes us on [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 19, 2009 Read More
Film Review: Friday The 13Th Horror Redux Is Another Hack Job Moviegoers scared/annoyed/offended/bored by Hollywood’s trend toward remaking every horror film ever shot ( The Uninvited, My Bloody Valentine, Quarantine among the most recent) [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 12, 2009 Read More “Sorry
Videonasty: Blacula (1972) Blacula (1972) Upcoming DVD Releases: February 10 The Dead Don’t Scream (Celebrity) Frozen River (Sony) My Name Is Bruce (Image) Otto; Or, Up With Dead [...] Kurly Tlapoyawa \ Feb 12, 2009 Read More
Film Review: 2008 Academy Award Nominated Animated Shorts/Academy Award Nominated Live-Action Shorts Two Showcases, 10 Oscar Nods Between Them Every year right around this time, dedicated but previously distracted movie fans race to the cineplex in a mad dash to soak up [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 05, 2009 Read More “This Way Up”
Film Review: Coraline Animator Pulls Out All The Stops For Stop-Motion Fairy Tale Animator Henry Selick doesn’t get nearly enough credit for his work on The Nightmare Before Christmas . Tim Burton has his name stamped [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 05, 2009 Read More Candy and popcorn fill the dark places in my soul
Film Review: Fear(S) Of The Dark Animated Import Conjures Fear In The Abstract Fear(s) of the Dark is an omnibus of short animations commissioned and assembled by France’s Prima Linea Productions but composed by artists from [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 29, 2009 Read More “I spy with my little eye something that begins with Aaaaaaaaaah!”
Film Review: Inkheart Fantasy Book Series Comes Fitfully To Life It must be frustrating for movie studio executives. The Harry Potter books and subsequent movie series have set the bar for kiddie fantasy. [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 29, 2009 Read More Another satisfied audience leaves a screening of Hotel for Dogs
Film Review: Revolutionary Road Heavy Drama Paints Marital Strife In Shades Of Midcentury Modern Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes continues his rumination on repression in suburbia (started in 1999’s American Beauty ) with Revolutionary Road . That isn’t [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 22, 2009 Read More “One day
Film Review: A Christmas Tale Apparently Families Suck No Matter What The Nationality In reviewing Nothing Like the Holidays some months ago, I remarked that holiday-centric dysfunctional family dramas are best enacted by large, ethnic progeny. [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 22, 2009 Read More A family so dysfunctional not even gravity works for them
