remembering the films that the audience forgot
“I didn’t read reviews earlier in my career, but I read them now as I’m older. I read them all.”
— Steven Spielberg
In 2007 the Coen brothers gave us No Country For Old Men which was a masterpiece. Then in 2008 they gave us Burn After Reading which was kind of fun and entertaining, but ultimately disappointing and unsuccessful as a complete film. In 2009 they gave us A Serious Man and wth it the Coen brothers were back on track.
Read MoreDries is a famous writer. One day three losers ring his buzzer and ask him to be the drummer in their band. Sounds like that could be the start of a funny, family-friendly rock and roll movie right? Well, IT ISN'T! It’s the start of the flemish film, Ex Drummer.
Read MoreTimofey, a worker at a Russian nuclear facility gets exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. In order to provide for his family, he steals some plutonium to sell on Moscow's black market. He meets a bumbling criminal with problems of his own who tries to help him in order to help himself. Welcome to PU-239.
Read MoreWorld's Greatest Dad is a dark comedy from the mind of Bobcat Goldthwait. Who you might remember from his role in three of the Police Academy movies. Or from his infamous appearance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno back in 1994 when, on impulse, he set the couch on fire. Or maybe you are familiar with his first film, 1991s Shakes The Clown? No? Well, it doesn't matter, because based on that resume one would probably not be expecting much from World's Greatest Dad. But, much is exactly what we got (and I mean that in a very good way).
Read MoreCes’t Pas Moi, Je Le Jure! translates to It’s Not Me, I Swear! The French-Canadian film takes place in 1968. Leon is a 10-year-old boy with some issues. He’s like Dennis the Menace times 100. Not only does he have a fertile imagination and is kinda suicidal. He seems to have no moral compass when it comes to his actions. Especially when his unhappy mother decides to move to Greece - causing him to act out even more.
Read MoreFilms get lost in the shuffle for a variety of reasons. Sometimes there just isn't any publicity so no one even knows it exists. Sometimes the initial critical reviews are negative (right or wrong), and then there are films like Observe and Report.
Read MoreFew directors take full advantage of the medium in which they work like Jean-Pierre Jeunet. One of the premier directors of the last few decades, Jeunet is one of those film makers for me, whose name on a film is reason enough to go see it. And Micmacs was yet another example of him at the top of his game.
Read MoreWRITER/DIRECTOR: Peter Stebbings/BUDGET: $3.5 million (estimated)/GROSS: $44,462
The last decade has seen the the super hero/comic book movie take over Hollywood. Every year they are releasing and rebooting more super heroes and every company that can is delving into whatever comic vault they can find looking for a comic hero that they can turn into a movie (and hopefully a franchise of course).
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