Before Midnight (Richard Linklater, 2013) I was 26 when I saw Before Sunrise, in 1995, just a few years older than … More
Category: movie reviews
The New “Man of Steel” Never Quite Takes Off
Man of Steel (Zack Snyder, 2013) The creators of the new Superman origin film, Man of Steel, managed to make one … More
Oh, What a Lovely Apocalypse! “This Is the End” is Brilliant, Except When It’s Not
This is the End (Evan Goldberg/Seth Rogen, 2013) Oh, what fun I had for the first thirty minutes of this … More
Sarah Polley, Storyteller
Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012) “When you are in the middle of a story it isn’t a story at all, … More
Pick Your Algorithm: “We Steal Secrets,” “The Internship” and Our Digital World
We live in a world of wonders, where all of the problems that plagued humanity from the dawn of time … More
“After Earth” – Less Than an Afterthought
After Earth (M. Night Shyamalan, 2013) This is such a piece of crap or, to put it in polite language, … More
Two Seasons of “The University,” Stevenson’s Webcast SitCom
For the past two years, students in the Department of Film/Video at Stevenson University have written, produced, shot and edited … More
Cleo from 2 to 6:30: My First Impressions of the 1963 “Cleopatra”
Cleopatra (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1963) Today, I saw, for the first time – in a movie theater, no less! – … More
Fair Enough, Old Sport: The Okey-Dokey Gatsby
The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann, 2013) Before seeing this film last night, I had watched two previous versions of The Great … More
Maryland Film Festival 2013 Recap
So another Maryland Film Festival has come and gone and, as usual, I did not get a chance to see nearly … More
