John Fink

[SXSW Review] Girl Walks Into A Bar

As the title may imply, Girls Walks into a Bar is largely a one-joke film, and not a very funny joke as it follows a group of strangers in several strange bar...

[SXSW Review] Inside America

Inside America is a study of institutionalized behavior turning its lens to Brownsville, South Texas and to conditions that may produce either a homegrown terro...

[Review] Take Me Home Tonight

In three or four months when your walking past your local RedBox and you see a DVD titled Take Me Home Tonight, please don’t take its advice. The sin of the fil...

[Review] Hall Pass

Leave it to the Brothers Farrelly to provide an answer to the immature comedy Just Go With It. Hall Pass deals with similar themes - including aging "grac...

[Review] Justin Bieber: Never Say Never 3D

Justin Bieber: Never Say Never is a good-natured examination of “Bieber Fever” – to it’s credit it’s not simply a 3D concert film, but provides Bieber novices...

[Review] The Eagle

The Eagle is a vivid and at times lucid action adventure, a step above Ridley Scott's Robin Hood, owing more to Terrence Malick with a nod to Italian neorealism...

[Review] Just Go With It

The appeal of Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, two charismatic actors, is lost for much of a film that is flawed at its most basic level. Structurally, Just G...

[Review] The Roommate

The Roommate is a largely missed opportunity, right down to the design of the actual “room” these “mates” share. As escapist Hollywood entertainment does, every...

John Fink

John Fink is a New York City area-based critic, filmmaker, educator and curator. He currently serves as the Artistic Director of the Buffalo International Film Festival.