One would think that by showcasing such an emphasis on the humanist aspects of life and a view of aesthetics that’s almost socialist in its depiction of subjects as parts of a larger scheme, New Wave Romanian Cinema would shy away from giving us “mov …Read more

Mathieu Amalric has appeared in almost all of director’s Arnaud Desplechin’s films and by now you could say they have developed a synergy similar to what Scorsese has with DiCaprio, what Truffaut had with Leaud and what Pedro Almodóvar gets from Pené …Read more

The best way to see “Mars at Sunrise”, the clever first feature from director Jessica Habie, is probably with a solid understanding of the border conflicts between Israel and Palestine. Then again, maybe that’s Habie’s point: the conflicts are terrib …Read more

There are of course exceptions to every rule, but remakes of great movies tend to fail because they can’t hope to measure up with what came before. So on paper, “RoboCop”, the 1987 sci-fi action flick starring Peter Weller, probably seemed like perfe …Read more

In February 2008, 15-year-old Larry King, an openly gay boy, was shot in the back of the head twice by Brandon McInerney, his 14-year-old classmate. They were in the computer lab of their junior high school in Oxnard, California when Brandon stood up …Read more

This Friday is Valentine’s Day, which for many people will mean a romantic evening consisting of dinner and a movie, but before you underwhelm your date by popping in that cliché DVD you’ve both seen a million times before (steer clear of “The Notebo …Read more

“Everything is awesome!” So says the song the citizens of Bricksburg listen to on a loop and in the hands of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (“Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs”, “21 Jump Street”), everything certainly is awesome. Just as America is …Read more

Columbia Pictures was very worried when George Clooney asked if he could push back the release date for “The Monuments Men”, his fifth directorial feature, citing more time needed to complete the film’s special effects. Delaying the film until Februa …Read more

Director Bryan Poyser’s “Love & Air Sex” is a romantic comedy centered around the Air Sex World Championship held in Austin, Texas. Before we go on, two things must be established: the first being that there is such a thing called “air sex”, whic …Read more

Dirty Dancing and Double Dare. Madonna and New Kids On The Block. Slouch socks and tee shirt clips. Everybody loves the 80’s. Unfortunately, “everybody” includes Hollywood execs who won’t stop sullying our perfect memories by trying and (more often t …Read more