“All is Lost” could easily be retitled “Old Man Fixes His Boat”, because that’s really all it is. Robert Redford stars as Our Man, making a solo voyage in his small yacht in the middle of the Indian Ocean. After a brief opening narration, which we do …Read more

From an early age, Nelly Ternan (Felicity Jones) was meant to be “someone”; as part of an acting troupe that included her two sisters, announcing them as “infant phenomena”, she filled the stages of England with performances in some of the most notor …Read more

The CW Tuesdays @ 8pm ET What’s it about? Family is power. The Original Vampire family swore it to each other a thousand years ago. They pledged to remain together, always and forever. Now, centuries have passed, and the bonds of family are broken. T …Read more

In 1975 Rithy Panh was eleven years old and living with his family in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, when the Khmer Rouge took over and established a system of horror that would control the government until 1979. Panh and his entire family, along with almost …Read more

“I apologize if my notes are confusing” says Joaquim Pinto at the beginning of “What Now? Remind Me”, an endlessly touching documentary feature in which he chronicles a year in his life while he undergoes treatment for HIV and Hepatitis C. Traveling …Read more

On October 4, 2013, following the United States’ government shutdown a few days before, a man set himself on fire in the middle of Washington DC’s National Mall. While self-immolation has been a form of protest against political inefficiency througho …Read more

There are two kinds of people in the world: people that daydream at work, and people that lie about not daydreaming at work. Physically, you may be sitting in an office writing movie reviews. But mentally, you’re a thousand miles away, pretending tha …Read more

It’s October and most of the new TV shows for the 2013 Fall season have officially premiered!  So, which ones amazed and which ones bombed?  Here’s a look back at all of our reviews.  (We will update as the last few reviews come in.) American Horror …Read more

In “Gloria” Paulina García gives the kind of performance that would turn anyone into a movie star. The surprise is that she’s a middle aged woman from Chile playing a divorcée who gets back into the dating game. Directed by Argentinean filmmaker Seba …Read more

It’s October and most of the new TV shows for the 2013 Fall season have officially premiered!  So, which ones amused and which ones flopped?  Here’s a look back at all of our reviews.  (We will update as the last few reviews come in.) Back In The Gam …Read more