Another impressively well written, structured and acted film from the "Marvel universe, Avengers: Age of Ultron" will not disappoint the fans.
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Movie Review: ‘Eclipse Series 42: Silent Ozu- Three Crime Dramas’ by Yasijuro Ozu
Effortlessly cool and smooth crime dramas from a Japanese master that prove great storytelling on film does not require either color or sound.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: Panna Rittikrai’s ‘Vengeance of an Assassin’
Wait until you see what happens when a Jeep, a helicopter, and a train get into a fight in "Vengeance of an Assassin"
Read More »Blu-ray Review: Ana Lily Amirpour’s ‘A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night’ starring Sheila Vand
Featuring spectacular video/audio and way more features than most Hollywood blockbusters, 'A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night' is not to be missed.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘The Human Experiment,’ Narrated by Sean Penn
Every day we are using products which contain chemicals that have not been tested or their use regulated by the EPA or FDA. The Safe Chemicals Act that Frank Lautenberg (Sen. D. NJ) introduced in congress is in limbo. There are 80,000 chemicals on the market. How many of these are toxic and shouldn't we know the risks we are taking when we are using them? The film shows why we don't know, and in a moderate tone points out this position is egregious and patently indefensible
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Effie Gray,’ Starring Dakota Fanning and Emma Thompson
Effie Gray lived a fairy-tale marriage with celebrated art critic John Ruskin. But despite the glittering world of high society, wealth and a sumptuous estate, she was miserable and became more and more afraid.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘It Follows’
It stinks.
Read More »SXSW – Summing Up
SXSW consists of over 3000 events, including 150 movies. I didn't quite make it to all of them.
Read More »Athena Film Festival Review: ‘Dukhtar’
In a remote village in Pakistan, tribal customs prevail. Where blood lets blood, the killings must continue unless a sacrificial truce brings the warring clans together. Leader Tor Gul who is in his 60s has decided upon an offering that will keep the peace. He will marry Daulet Kahn's 10-year-old daughter Zainab. When mother Allah Rakhi discovers her daughter's proposed marriage, she considers her own repressive child marriage to Daulet Kahn. She has a choice to make: allow the marriage following tradition or escape with Zainab over the mountains risking her life.
Read More »SXSW: Movie Review – ‘Manglehorn’ – Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, and a Cat
Most movies are the merging of technology and short stories, novels or sagas. Manglehorn is technology merged with a poem. It is the story of a locksmith who has lost the love of his life because of something he has done and lives in self-imposed isolation. Manglehorn has constructed a cocoon of memories and fantasies, keeping his son, a former protégé, and the hope of new love at arm’s length.
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