Rabbit Hole
*shrugs* It was okay.
*shrugs* It was okay.
The best and worst of love, without sugar-coating.
My first impressions of this year’s Oscar noms.
Seth Rogen’s folly.
It’s common knowledge that there are certain genres of film that are almost always snubbed by awards voters. These are usually comedies, action films, horror movies, etc. Fortunately, we got some good ones of those genres this year and I’d like to list a few of them in this, my final Year In Review countdown. … Continue reading
I know you’re expecting a “Worst of 2010” list, but I just don’t think I can write it. Don’t get me wrong, I know that this year was full of such stinkers as Jonah Hex, Skyline, Extraordinary Measures, Grown Ups and Marmaduke (Nutcracker in 3D was quietly dumped in a very limited release, thank God), … Continue reading
I don’t usually do scores or ranked lists on my blog entries. I find it to be way too arbitrary for my tastes and I don’t like the idea of complex opinions boiled down to simple numbers. However, this is the time of year when amateur and professional critics start putting together their lists of … Continue reading
There’s a king with a crippling stammer who hires an unorthodox speech therapist so he can deliver the oration that his people so desperately need in time of war. It sounds like a rather thin premise on the surface, doesn’t it? Not with this movie. The King’s Speech does everything it possibly can to make … Continue reading
I expected True Grit to be a great movie. I expected it to be extraordinarily well-cast. I expected it to be bloody. But I did not expect for it to be so damn funny. The film is loaded with a very dry and sarcastic wit, the dialogue at least half-full of some very clever put-downs. … Continue reading
The lynchpin of any Shakespeare production is in its treatment of the text. I know that might sound obvious, but I still think that fact is underappreciated. Sure, the casting, period setting, costume design and set design are all important, but presentation of a play by The Bard truly lives and dies on what is … Continue reading