monkey in the middle (Chimpanzee review)
I’m “biast” (pro): awwwwwwww I’m “biast” (con): nothing (what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) Cuteness proximity alert! Cuteness proximity alert! As with African Cats, the previous film in...
View Articleinoffensive Frankenkid; you’ve seen worse (The Odd Life of Timothy Green review)
I’m “biast” (pro): nothing I’m “biast” (con): nothing (what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) “I came from the garden.” And so he did, odd little Timothy Green (CJ Adams: Dan in Real Life),...
View Articleyou can’t stop the music… *ever* (A Late Quartet review)
I’m “biast” (pro): love the cast I’m “biast” (con): nothing (what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) You can’t stop, even if you screw up, even if — when — your instrument goes out of tune....
View ArticleBernie (review)
I’m “biast” (pro): love Richard Linklater’s flicks I’m “biast” (con): nothing I have not read the source material (what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) Sometimes fiction is more true than...
View ArticleThe Invisible War (review)
An enraging film, as it is meant to be, and not just because it is a military microcosm of rape culture at large. I’m “biast” (pro): love Dick’s work; rape culture needs a hearty smack I’m “biast”...
View ArticleHow to Survive a Plague (review)
I’m “biast” (pro): I lived through much of this (on the sidelines) I’m “biast” (con): nothing (what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) How is it possible that the AIDS quilt on the Mall in...
View Article5 Broken Cameras (review)
I’m “biast” (pro): nothing I’m “biast” (con): nothing (what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) Sometimes the simplest ideas result in something touchingly profound. Sometimes the simplest films...
View ArticleFalse Trail (Jägarna 2) (review)
I’m “biast” (pro): nothing I’m “biast” (con): nothing (what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) A group of armed men setting off at dawn into the wilderness for an organized hunt. An air of...
View ArticleFlight (review)
I’m “biast” (pro): love Denzel Washington; trailer thrilled me I’m “biast” (con): Robert Zemeckis has an iffy track record recently (what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) I expect too much of...
View ArticleMea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (review)
I’m “biast” (pro): love Gibney’s films; predisposed to not loving the Church I’m “biast” (con): nothing (what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God...
View ArticleAmour (review)
I’m “biast” (pro): nothing I’m “biast” (con): nothing (what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) Amour. It means “love.” You knew that. You also know how The Movies usually portray love. As a new...
View ArticleThat’s My Boy (review)
I’m “biast” (pro): nothing I’m “biast” (con): despise Sandler, and this looked even worse than his usual garbage (what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) I don’t know what I was thinking. Why...
View ArticleThe Sweeney (review)
I’m “biast” (pro): nothing I’m “biast” (con): nothing I have not seen the source material (what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) It’s like Life on Mars (the proper British one, not the...
View ArticleBarbara (review)
I’m “biast” (pro): nothing I’m “biast” (con): nothing (what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) Barbara is a doctor in 1980s East Germany. Something she did — we’re never quite sure what —...
View ArticleThe Impossible (review)
I’m “biast” (pro): nothing I’m “biast” (con): nothing (what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) It’s a disaster movie, but not as we know it. Sure, a British family vacationing in Thailand over...
View ArticleZero Dark Thirty (review)
Too soon? Too soon for a kickass political action movie about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden? It’s been less than two years since a black-ops team of elite American soldiers executed the purported...
View ArticlePromised Land (review)
I’m “biast” (pro): nothing I’m “biast” (con): nothing (what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) They are the footsoldiers of scorched-earth capitalism. They are predators feeding on poverty,...
View ArticleParental Guidance (review)
I’m “biast” (pro): nothing I’m “biast” (con): the trailer made me want to cry (what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) This is just a taste of what you’re in for from Parental Guidance:...
View ArticleJack Reacher (review)
I’m “biast” (pro): nothing I’m “biast” (con): nothing I have not read the source material (what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) I’m not sure what I was expecting from Tom Cruise’s latest...
View ArticleThe Fitzgerald Family Christmas (review)
I had planned to start off this review wondering just where the hell this Edward Burns has been all these years. The Fitzgerald Family Christmas is so achingly lovely a film, so full of bittersweet...
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