Hawkes (Everest) performance is the selling point of Small Town Crime, a movie that can’t really put its finger on a genre. From a marketing stand point, Small Town Crime with it’s common, non-descriptive title, is ideal films for SXSW. Outside the festival, I am not sure who or where the audience for a film […]
Every year I catch at least one western at the SXSW film festival. Maybe there is only one each year. Either way, this year it was traditional western, The Ballad of Lefty Brown. Jared Moshe’s story has a catch though, he offers the sidekick, the bumbling cowboy behind the hero, his own chance at the
Remember that 2008 film Hero Wanted with Cuba Gooding Jr? Yea, me either, but that hasn’t stopped stuntman and occasional director Brian Smrz from delivering yet another forgettable action flick. Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke (Maudie, Boyhood) is the only element here that even provides this cheap action flick with a chance at a theatrical audience,
Following up his Oscar nominated film The Lobster, Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos continues to stun and impress cinephiles with his metaphorical cinematic creations. If The Lobster (also starring Colin Farrell) was Yorgos + comedy, The Killing of a Sacred Deer is Yorgos + horror. Even looking at his work, prior to becoming a more mainstream
I’m not sure what exactly happen to this film but it’s a complete mess. With Martin Scorsese on as a producer (he was the original director) and with a cast this talented, you expect a certain standard. The Snowman is the seventh entry in a crime series featuring the character Harry Hole (insert all laughs
From the side, barracudas appear to be finely formed, sleek, and silvery. Take a frontal perspective, however, and you see a cavernous mouth with fang-like teeth of different sizes. Barracudas are considered to be ferocious, competitive predators who use surprise and short bursts of speed to catch their prey. Keep these images in mind as
SXSW ended on a good note for me with Alex & Andrew Smith’s new film Walking Out. Shot completely outdoors in the wilds of Montana. This is the second film at the festival, filmed in Montana starring Bill Pullman (The Ballad of Lefty Brown). Walking Out isn’t an action film, despite it’s thrilling subject matter.
Director Oliver Hirschbiegel (The Invasion, Downfall) once again tackles historical subject matter during WWII. This time he projects unsung war hero Georg Elser, who single-handedly tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler, to the big screen. 13 Minutes spends little time with the actual event, but introduces Elser to the world in dramatic fashion. Likely to be
From the director of such straight to DVD classics like Mortal Kombat: Annihilation and The Butterfly Effect 2, comes another trash bin worthy suspense flick. John R. Leonetti is apparently the guy you call when no one else will direct your film. Wish Upon calls itself a horror film because it’s got jump scares (boo-like-moments
Super pigs, rapid fire poo balls with both Tilda Swinton and Jake Gyllenhaal playing cartoon like characters means this must be a Bong Joon-Ho film. The critically acclaimed South Korean director followed up action packed Snowpiercer with another thought provoking original concept. It’s hard not to like this film; it’s funny, cute, slightly twisted but