Release: Friday, August 12, 2016 [Theater] Written by: Seth Rogen; Evan Goldberg; Kyle Hunter; Ariel Shaffir Directed by: Greg Tiernan; Conrad Vernon Sausage Party represents Seth Rogen's strongest screenwriting effort since Superbad. It's been even longer since he's been this charming in a lead role as well, and he plays a six-inch-long frankfurter. Or sausage, wiener, whatever. He's … Continue reading Sausage Party
Release: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 [Theater] Written by: Jessica Sharzer Directed by: Henry Joost; Ariel Shulman If you accept the dare to watch Nerve, understand a few conditions first: 1) this is a teen-centric, sexed-up adventure thriller set in the Twitter Age, thereby you are volunteering up brain cells you're never going to use again; 2) James Franco's not … Continue reading Nerve
Release: Friday, June 24, 2016 [Theater] Written by: Nicolas Winding Refn; Mary Laws; Polly Stenham Directed by: Nicolas Winding Refn Elephant in the room: there are more lines of dialogue in Nicolas Winding Refn's new film than there were in his last. That wasn't enough to stop The Neon Demon from scoring Refn his second-straight booing at the Cannes … Continue reading The Neon Demon
Be sure you don’t miss Movie Man Jackson’s take on the 1986 Spike Lee Joint ‘She’s Gotta Have It,’ over on Three Rows Back!
Release: Friday, April 15, 2016 [Theater] Written by: Richard Linklater Directed by: Richard Linklater All right, all right, all right -- so it's been over twenty years since Matthew McConaughey brilliantly repurposed those famous Doors lyrics, and it might seem a little suspect that director Richard Linklater would take another trip like this down memory lane, in 2016. Has … Continue reading Everybody Wants Some!!
Release: Friday, October 30, 2015 (limited) [Netflix] Written by: Gaspar Noé Directed by: Gaspar Noé French-Argentinian Gaspar Noé has chosen to follow up his "psychedelic melodrama" Enter the Void with a graphic examination of relationships driven by lust and jealousy, and while it is a warmer film than his previous efforts, Love is a far cry from feel-good and offers its … Continue reading Love
Release: Friday, November 27, 2015 (limited) [Theater] Written by: Lucinda Coxon Directed by: Tom Hooper The Danish Girl, at least at a glance, looks poised to pull a Dallas Buyers Club and receive recognition, and possibly even win top prizes for both leading categories next February. The field is getting pretty stacked though, and if Leo can just … Continue reading The Danish Girl
Bringing Passion to Life's Distractions
A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He reviews stuff precisely when he means to.
I'm often questioned about my taste in movies. "Bernie, you didn't like the second remake of the original that came out 20 years ago and didn't need to be remade because it was already brilliant?" No, I didn't like that movie. But, I do like to write about movies, and I started this blog in search of the next groundbreaker. Let's find it together! Comments encouraged.
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