Note: All entries are 100% spoiler free. It’s true what they say about these lists. They’re incredibly self-indulgent, a pretty lame attempt at showing others how cool you think you are, how modern and plugged into popular culture your tastes happen to be. The selections will inevitably match most popular critics’ lists, with a few [...]
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Year End/Decade Lists — 2 and 1/2 Stars
Posted in Film, Music, Television, tagged Best of list, Best of the Decade, The Wire on January 10, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Inglourious Basterds – 4 Stars
Posted in Film, tagged Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino on August 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Note: This isn’t so much a review as it is an analysis (fancy!). As such, I’m operating under the assumption you’ve seen Inglourious Basterds. If you haven’t, read no further. Go buy a ticket, watch, come back later. So here’ s the score: Quentin Tarantino has made six great movies, three of them masterpieces – [...]
Almost Dying in a Movie Theater — 3 stars
Posted in Film, tagged Chuck Palahniuk, Ellen Page, Hard Candy on May 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The original version of this piece first appeared as “How I Choked on Hard Candy” on efilmcritic.com in May ’06. I have to preface this by saying I’m the most desensitized moviegoer I know. I’ve sat through the most heinous acts ever committed to film without batting an eye. I love gory horror movies and [...]
