Short Term 12 (I got nothing for rhymes here, in Honor of Marcus’ Rap)
Everybody has had that sickening penetrating feeling at least once in his or her lives, that one of utter loneliness. That you are all alone in the world, with no one wanting to help or…
The Top 50 Movie Moments That Defined the 1950′s: Part 3
For some looks back here’s the preceding part 2, and the first installment with Part 1. So, there’s been a certain lacking of Hitchcock on this list let’s correct that now… 29). The Omniscient Gazing At…
The Top 50 Movie Moments That Defined The 1950′s: Part 2
Welcome back to the nostalgic cinematic way-back machine, you can take a look at the moments that got us here in part 1, so here’s the next 10 moments. Let’s get things started off with a touch…
Ed Harris 5X5, His Best and Worst Roles
Most movie-goers would probably equate the name Ed Harris to anger and rage, defining his many villainous turns in blockbusters. However, his career is much more than what he is well-known and infamous for. Whenever…
Scenery Theory: “Tunnel Vision” in ‘To The Wonder’
Who better a subject to do a scene, theme and cinematography analysis series on than a visual poem by the enigmatic auteur Terrence Malick? To The Wonder, the latest from the unique visionary director, centers on French…
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The Top 50 Movie Moments That Defined the 1950′s: Part 1
The 50′s, in a nutshell, were about the overall renewed sense of optimism felt around the globe after the previous horrific decade…
The 10…12 Greatest Performance-Driven Directors of the 21st Century
Distill the one thing needed to propel a movie down…
The 20 Best Movies of 2012: Part 2
Yes, finally my finalized listing of last year’s very best…
Before Midnight (Or More Insight) 2013 Review
Contextual Comment: Alright, I’ve been side-tracked for a few months now,…
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Rust and Bone (or Lust and Alone) Review
The abruptness of life is a rather daunting and scary concept, how quickly the accepted course of daily living can take a…
Zero Dark Thirty (Or Heros Mark The Guilty) Review
I was getting last minute slices from a pizza joint…
Life of Pi (Or A Life To Not Die) Review
There have been many a tale told of human survival…
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10 Greatest British Film Duos
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The Ten Commandments of Filmmaking
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Gritty Period Piece T.V Round Up: Mad Men S6 and The Americans S1 Review(s)
Hope you all didn’t get temporal whip-lash from going back and forth from 1981 to 1968 this T.V season… Open either in new tab: Tusk-Fleetwood Mac for 1980′s atmosphere, Judy Collins – Both Sides Now for 1960′s Atmosphere Earlier this year former CIA operative Joe Weisberg premiered a…
Scenery Theory: ‘Vertigo’ and ‘The Great Gatsby’ Parallels
(Consider this a revamped revision of a previous article, in light of the Great Gatsby adaption earlier this year and a revamped site…) Welcome to a new feature article series I’m going to try out, on the Great Cinematic Achievements, where I take a look back at the…
10 Movies That Should’ve Been About Different Characters
So you’re just done watching an ok-alright movie, you don’t regret seeing it it was fine. Right afterwards you find yourself saying to yourself “I really only wanted to know more about this character, why wasn’t the story about her/him?” Filmmakers sometimes just miss the…
10 Movies That Would’ve Been Better in Different Genres
There are many, many kinds of bad movies out there. Comedies that aren’t funny, Horror that doesn’t scare, Misguided melodramas etc. The most painful for myself are the movies that could have been brilliant, if not for a few bad filmmaking decisions. One of the most…
What Film Means to Me or Roger Ebert’s Influence on my Life
Let us all give a solemn but heartfelt two-thumbs up for one of the greatest and most influential careers in critical film thinking. (But please be careful Gene and Roger have it trademarked, can’t escape royalties anywhere these days…) Farewell Gatekeeper… On April 4th, 2013 legendary writer/journalist/critic/Chicagoan/film-nut…
The Waiting Room (or The Endless Waiting Room) Review
Healthcare has been in the news cycle and public conscience for decades as the political debate over how to handle Healthcare in the US rages on. Whether or not Universal healthcare in is the future for the United States the current status quo remains clear, millions of…
Witness (or Become Witness) HBO Documentary Series Review
HBO has always been able through the years to be the number one source for original and engaging series and films. The number of Emmy nominations per year vs. other networks always proves this. The recently completed Witness Documentary series is one of the many reasons why…
Skyfall (or Spy-For-All) Review
Little did anyone know at the time that when Sean Connery uttered those words “Bond, James Bond” a 50 year institution was created. James Bond has been around the block, in more ways than one, from a cold-war warrior to post-9/11 agent of destruction. Along the way,…
Silver Linings Playbook (or Silver Beginnings tarnished by playing by-the-Book) Review
This is frustrating. Reviewing this one is just like its two main characters, frustrating. Listen, I really wanted to fully endorse this one give this my highest recommendations, but just like the character arcs of the leads, I was rooting for it and rooting for…
Lincoln (or THE Lincoln) Review
Alright, so there was no way in hell I was going to skip this one in theaters. Spielberg, Daniel Day Lewis, and Abraham Lincoln; say no more I was seeing this at any and all costs, fast. Growing up in Illinois, I grew up believing…