With two films coming out in the same holiday season, 2011 is a busy year for Steven Spielberg. After the joyful adventure romp that was Tintin, are audiences ready for a more emotional journey?
War Horse Review
By Ryan Hamelin
Movie Grade: A
The first thing that becomes apparent as John Williams’ instantly classic …
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Its been a while since we last took a ride with Ethan Hunt, leader of the Impossible Mission Taskforce. Its also been awhile since Tom Cruise had much in the way of action hero clout. With Brad Bird‘s first live action feature film, do we have the finest Mission Impossible …
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For many, David Fincher‘s remake of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is their most anticipated film of the year. That’s why it’s not surprising that The New Yorker chose to publish their review early. Due to backlash from that review, and a strengthening of movie critic embargoes, I’m only …
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When adventure calls… you get, a kid with a red tuft of hair? Apparently Tintin, a character created by the late Herge, is an icon in those mystical lands across the ocean, a la Europe. In America, however, he’s never really caught on, and so the studio decided to debut …
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Robert Downey Jr. is a man with quite a full plate. Now with two working franchises going simultaneously (he’s got The Avengers this summer and Iron Man 3 the following year just for starters) the man is in high demand. With that in mind, it’s surprising that Warnerbros. managed to …
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I’m sure you’ve heard about the NC-17 indie drama coming out this season… No? Well it stars Michael Fassbender and seems to have the whole independent community buzzing like bees. Fox Searchlight has decided to release the film with its brutal NC-17 rating intact. But is that the whole story, …
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26 July 2010
After the box office disappointment that was Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, many expected to see Jerry Bruckheimer‘s producing muscle return to form for his latest collaboration with Disney and Nicolas Cage. Add to it the director of the highly successful National Treasure films, and it would seem …
30 April 2010
The following review was written in conjunction with the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival and reflects the cut of the film which screened for Press.
The Trotsky Review
By Ryan Hamelin
Movie Grade: A
Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. It happens to apply to not only not-drinking-six-beers-at-the-same-time, but Jacob Tierney’s The Trotsky as well. The film, produced …
24 March 2010
For an animated film, it’s hard work to be recognized these days. Between Pixar and the re-emergence of Disney’s 2D animation, not to mention Blue Sky Studios with their Ice Age franchise, there’s not a whole lot of room for new blood. Then you have the subject of Dragons, a …
15 February 2010
If you couldn’t tell from the title, this is a comedy about a guy going after the girl of his dreams… who is clearly way too hot for him. As you can also tell from the title, the film knows exactly what its audience is, and isn’t going to pull …
