Monthly Archives: March 2012

Review: “Mirror Mirror”

Posted on March 30, 2012 by M

The hardest reviews to write are the ones where you have to juggle your personal opinion on a movie with a more objective, critical appraisal. I’ll admit this is something I don’t have a lot of experience in, and so … Continue reading →

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Light Bondage: “Diamonds Are Forever”

Posted on March 30, 2012 by M

Bond, James Bond. For fifty years that has been the cinematic calling card of one of films most enduring heroes. Sure, Bond was born in books, but it was through film that he became a household name and one of … Continue reading →

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Directed Viewing: I am not “Spartacus”

Posted on March 29, 2012 by M

Hello and welcome to the latest installment of Directed Viewing. This series takes a look at a specific director at a time and then tackles their filmography in chronological order, with an eye not only to the films themselves but … Continue reading →

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Criterion Cuts: “Godzilla”

Posted on March 26, 2012 by M

Hello and welcome to the latest installment of Criterion Cuts, the weekly article where I dig into the archives of everyone’s favorite foreign/art house home video distribution company and unearth some obscurity and tell you just why it might be worth … Continue reading →

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Review: “The Hunger Games”

Posted on March 25, 2012 by M

Watching the upswell of people react to The Hunger Games as a movie has been one of the more interesting experiences of my amateur career reading and writing about movies. The trilogy of books, from author Suzanne Collins, have been popular … Continue reading →

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Directed Viewing: “Paths of Glory” and Visceral Response

Posted on March 22, 2012 by M

Welcome to Directed Viewing, the series which takes a director’s filmography and looks at it chronologically week by week, with an eye for how each work builds upon the others and creates a full artistic career. Sure, directors aren’t everything … Continue reading →

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Criterion Cuts: “Solaris”

Posted on March 19, 2012 by M

Hello and welcome to the latest installment of Criterion Cuts, the weekly article where I dig into the archives of everyone’s favorite foreign/art house home video distribution company and unearth some obscurity and tell you just why it might be worth … Continue reading →

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Review: “Silent House”

Posted on March 19, 2012 by M

So I went to see Silent House despite all of the apathetic to negative buzz I’ve been hearing about it. Part of that has to do with my fascination with Elizabeth Olsen post Martha Marcy May Marlene, part was due to the … Continue reading →

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Review: “21 Jump Street”

Posted on March 18, 2012 by M

I don’t think there’s much novel about the idea that high school sucks. And movies about high school sucking are common enough to be their own genre, at this point. How are you going to take something so well trodden … Continue reading →

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Review: “Jeff, Who Lives at Home”

Posted on March 17, 2012 by M

Jeff, Who Lives at Home opens with an earnest monologue by Jeff (Jason Segel) as he expounds into a personal recording device his theory on how all things are connected, a theory he came to in multiple rewatchings of Signs. The universe, … Continue reading →

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