Oscar Watch: AMERICAN HUSTLE a Lively and Enjoyable Con
Early on in American Hustle, small-time conman Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale) suggests that everything about life involves a swindle of …Read the Rest
Category Archives: Movie Reviews
Oscar Watch: Saving Mr. Banks Review
As promised, Saving Mr Banks delivers a shiny and glossed Disney version of how author P.L. Travers fought against the …Read the Rest
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Review
Middle Earth is always a nice place to visit. For fans of High Fantasy, you could do a lot worse …Read the Rest
Oscar Watch: Nebraska is a High Brow/Low Concept Comedy
Alexander Payne thinks himself a comedian. The films he directs have comedy hidden in the fabric but you don’t necessarily …Read the Rest
HOMEFRONT Provides Some Lowbrow Thrills
Well movie fans, if light, family-friendly fare isn’t your idea of Thanksgiving fun, you now have another option. Based on …Read the Rest
FROZEN Captures the Disney Magic…. I think
This one isn’t going to be easy. It’s not that I have a bias against Disney entertainment or anything like …Read the Rest
THE BOOK THIEF Tries Too Hard
Striving to make a grand, important film is a noble gesture, but there are many pitfalls. There’s certainly nothing wrong …Read the Rest
DELIVERY MAN Isn’t a Choice Cut
Remakes are a tricky proposition, even when every effort is taken to carefully transpose the project to a new language …Read the Rest
THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE Compelling and Impressive
In case you haven’t figured out what that big mass of humanity standing outside your local movie theater is, it’s …Read the Rest
THOR: THE DARK WORLD Fails to Break the Marvel Mold
The problem with Thor: The Dark World is that it wants to be an action movie. A big, loud roller …Read the Rest