The lesser-known hero
Another story for Calgary's FFW, this one about how Hollywood is looking beyond A-List comic superheroes for blockbuster franchises built on heroes outside the mainstream. Witness The Green Hornet. Here's the story.Read More
Yearly Archives: 2011
The Fighter review
Directed by David O. Russell Screenplay by Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson Story by Tamasy, Johnson and Keith Dorrington The Fighter isn't really about boxing any more than any genre movie that supersedes its tropes is about that genre. The familiar structure becomes a channel by which characters live and breathe and something…Read More
IFCs Top Ten of 2011
I love this website. Compulsive and well-researched lists are one of the things they do well.Check out the movies they're looking forward to in the year ahead here. And then have a gander at their picks of the best on-screen sex.Read More
Hollywood 2011
I'm freelancing for a publication in Calgary called Fast Forward Weekly, which this week published my look at the year ahead, movie-wise. You can read it (and weep, if you feel inclined) here.Read More
Reviews: I Am Love, Valhalla Rising, Salt
Directed by Luca GuadagninoStory by Guadagnino, script by Guadagninio,Barbara Alberti, Ivan Cotroneo, Walter FasanoSometimes watching a movie can be like sitting in a classroom. It can be homework. It can also be a party, a rollercoaster ride, skydiving, an awkward conversation. And every once in awhile, a movie can be like someone licking you where…Read More
“Hollywood Moves Away From Middlebrow”
I'm not saying I believe the conclusions drawn in this New York Times article are true, but I can get behind the idea of it from the evidence provided. And, it just makes for some positive thought going into the new year...Read More
The Secret in Their Eyes review
Directed by Juan Jose CampanellaWritten by Campanella and Eduardo Sacheri from Sacheri's novel La Pregunta de Sus OjosNow on DVD. Buenos Aires 1974: Benjamin Esposito (Ricardo Darin) is a federal agent assigned to a murder case. A 23-year-old woman, a recent bride, is raped and murdered in her home. Esposito, with the help of his…Read More
The Best Films of 2010: My Process
It's 2011. If you're a film nut such as myself you've been reading all the Best Of lists cropping up online and in various periodicals. When I once hosted a radio show about movies I'd assemble my own picks, but invariably my list didn't come out until late January. It's not that I'm lazy, it's…Read More