Film Review: Synecdoche, New York Kaufman’s Brain-Bending Play-Within-A-Play Plays With Reality It’s Synecdoche , not Schenectady , and it’s pronounced “sin-eck-doe-key.” Trust me, that’s not the only thing you’ll find baffling about Charlie Kaufman’s [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Dec 04, 2008 Read More “It’s closely related to metonymy.”
Film Review: Milk Biopic Breathes Life Into Counterculture Crusader When it comes to Oscar bait, you can’t go wrong with a biopic: Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland, Joaquin Phoenix [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Dec 04, 2008 Read More “A vote for us is a vote for ugly ’70s ties forever!”
Film Review: Trumbo Literate Doc Explores A Man Of Letters The average American will be forgiven for not knowing the name Dalton Trumbo. A generation ago, he was the poster child for free [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 27, 2008 Read More Little-known fact: Dalton Trumbo wrote the lyrics to “Rubber Ducky (You’re the One)”
Film Review: Transporter 3 Euro-Action Series Runs Out Of Gas In Third Lap The fact that Transporter 3 is directed by a guy named Olivier Megaton bears repeating. Not only is this guy French, he’s a [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 27, 2008 Read More Jason Statham: Lord of the Dance
Film Review: A Man Named Pearl Flowery, Feel-Good Documentary Will Definitely Grow On You One of the first rules of documentary filmmaking is: “Find a great subject.” Scott Galloway and Brent Pierson have certainly done that with [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 20, 2008 Read More “Now that’s a shrub!”
Film Review: Role Models The State Of Comedy Isn’t What It Used To Be, But It’s Still Good For A Laugh While Judd Apatow has been building an unstoppable empire of hilarity over the last few years, David Wain and his pals have quietly [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 06, 2008 Read More “Go Team Syphilis!”
Film Review: Rachel Getting Married Loose Indie Dramedy Showcases Actress, Director At Their Best The last we saw of beloved indie director Jonathan Demme, he was off investing his time in a string of personality-driven documentaries ( [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 06, 2008 Read More Group hug!
Film Review: Changeling Historical Crime Drama Unearths Astonishing Story But Keeps Its Facts Too Straight As an actor, Clint Eastwood specialized in the granite-faced cowboy, the clench-jawed cop. It comes as no surprise, then, to find his directorial [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Oct 30, 2008 Read More “This can’t be my son. He’s not from Malawi or Vietnam or ...”
Film Review: Pride And Glory When Good Cop Movies Go Bad To give Gavin O’Connor (director of the 2004 feel-good hockey film Miracle ) some credit, at least his first attempt at an epic, [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Oct 23, 2008 Read More “Die
Videonasty: It’s Alive (1974) It’s Alive (1974) DVD Release Schedule: Oct. 28 Journey to the Center of the Earth (New Line Cinema) National Lampoon’s Animal House: 30 th Anniversary Edition [...] Kurly Tlapoyawa \ Oct 23, 2008 Read More
