The Grand Seduction

June 30, 2014February 5, 2017 / Tom / 18 Comments

Release: Friday, May 30, 2014 (limited) [Theater] The theater where I went to see this film didn't serve nearly the appropriate amount of my favorite lager. They also failed to carry appropriate beer-drinking mugs. So, making do with what I had, I found myself toasting the events on screen with a luke-warm plastic cup filled with a … Continue reading The Grand Seduction

The Rover

June 27, 2014February 5, 2017 / Tom / 26 Comments

Release: Friday, June 13, 2014 (limited) [Theater] People often are products of their environment. In the case of The Rover, it seems to be the other way around. If that sounds like a call for the environmentally-minded to flock to their nearest indie/arthouse theater to see this flick, I don't believe I could be more misleading. This unrelentingly bleak drama … Continue reading The Rover

TBT: Casino Royale (2006)

June 26, 2014February 5, 2017 / Tom / 35 Comments

. . .as if it was going to be anything else! Or maybe the choice isn't as obvious as I think it is. Despite the fact that 2006 doesn't seem like much of a 'throwback,' per se, and that I just sent in a Guest List for the 007 Best Moments in this very film to The … Continue reading TBT: Casino Royale (2006)

The Fault in Our Stars

June 21, 2014February 5, 2017 / Tom / 26 Comments

Release: Friday, June 6, 2014 [Theater] For every hundred or so saccharine romances that Hollywood will churn out in a year, probability suggests there will be the odd exception or two that comes along and says "enough is enough." The cinematic adaptation of John Green's best-selling novel, The Fault in Our Stars, is at once a … Continue reading The Fault in Our Stars

TBT: From Russia with Love (1964)

June 19, 2014February 5, 2017 / Tom / 15 Comments

Yes, the 2014 FIFA World Cup is going on. This much is true. Somewhere out there amongst the trees and suffocating humidity of Brazil some folks are kicking funny-colored balls around and trying to get them into little rectangular nets at opposing ends of a long, intensely well-groomed patch of grass. No, I like the sport of feet-ball, … Continue reading TBT: From Russia with Love (1964)

Night Moves

June 17, 2014February 5, 2017 / Tom / 28 Comments

Release: Friday, May 30, 2014 (limited) [Theater] You can feel it creeping in on you like a cold, dense fog. There's a chill in the air, and although that's just the air conditioner in the theater you're noticing it more, for whatever reason. Your inability to sit without fidgeting in your seat for longer than a moment's notice … Continue reading Night Moves

Just a Quick Thought. . .

June 15, 2014February 5, 2017 / Tom / 37 Comments

Welp. The casting of the stillllllllllll upcoming Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice mega-project becomes an even more entangled web of head-scratching what-the-eff's. . . Not sure if you have heard yet, but it's looking quite likely that the hulking Jason Momoa (Conan: The Barbarian; Bullet to the Head) will be playing Aquaman, everyone's favorite water-dwelling semi-redundant … Continue reading Just a Quick Thought. . .

22 Jump Street

June 14, 2014February 5, 2017 / Tom / 19 Comments

Release: Friday, June 13, 2014 [Theater] We gon' sip Bacardi like it's yo birthday. . . . And beer. And vodka. And octopus ink. And a few other unknown substances. Another year and another Jump Street movie, only this time it seems that even the suits of Sony Pictures felt comfortable with loosening their ties and collars … Continue reading 22 Jump Street

TBT: Moonraker (1979)

June 12, 2014February 5, 2017 / Tom / 5 Comments

James Bond June continues! I'll just come right out and say it: we are moving to a distinctly different time period, to a time where Bond's chauvinist tendencies were left even less in check than they've been recently. A world where the action may not have been so beautifully rendered, but boy did it kick just as … Continue reading TBT: Moonraker (1979)

The Franco Files — #5

June 11, 2014February 5, 2017 / Tom / 13 Comments

Welcome to June, and the fifth edition of The Franco Files! The exploration of James Franco's contributions to the cinematic world continues, with the oppressive summer heat kicking in with full effect. And man is it getting pretty terrible around these parts. With the sweltering temps we are reminded that the big blockbuster action films have come … Continue reading The Franco Files — #5

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My Journey Through Film

Month: June 2014