Month: March 2013

[Review] The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

In 2006, movie goers experienced a fantastic double whammy when two similar magician films, Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige and Neil Burger’s The Illusionist, ...

[SXSW Review] Cheap Thrills

Every now and then a film completely sideswipes your mental capacities and takes over. Since seeing Cheap Thrills at a midnight screening on Tuesday night at SX...

[SXSW Review] Drinking Buddies

The themes one deals with in a film can sometimes be better than the film itself, and this notion carries true for Drinking Buddies, the newest film from Joe Sw...

[Review] Emperor

Handsomely lensed and well acted, Emperor, from director Peter Webber (Girl with the Pearl Earring), embraces classical Hollywood sensibilities, almost to the p...

[Review] Satellite of Love

Now this was a surprise. Knowing absolutely nothing about Satellite of Love before sitting down to watch it, an opening carnival scene with the trio of Samuel (...