DVD Review: Small Town Murder Songs [M15]

Dir: Ed Gass-Donnelly Starring: Peter Stormare, Aaron Poole, Martha Plimpton, Jill Hennessy The Film: I really liked Small Town Murder Songs, the small town with a mystery setting, a main character whose past still haunts him, a murder to be solved, what isn’t there to draw in the audience? Sure these elements are not new, … Continue reading

DVD Review: Stalingrad [MA15]

Dir: Joseph Vilsmaier Starring: Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann, Jochen Nickel, Sebastian Rudolph, Sylvester Groth, Martin Benrath, Dana Vavrova The Film: I almost feel ashamed to say I had not heard of Stalingrad the film until recently, which is quite odd because of what type of film this is. War World II films are nothing new, … Continue reading

DVD Review: The Round-Up (2010)

Dir: Rose Bosch Starring: Jean Reno, Mélanie Laurent The Film: I along with many filmgoers can safely say that we’ve seen our fair share of “holocaust” or “concentration camp” movies over the past decade or so and going back even further obviously with classics such as SCHINDLER’S LIST. I must say though that while starting … Continue reading

DVD Review: Terri [M15]

Dir: Azazel Jacobs Starring: Jacob Wysocki, John C. Reilly The Film: Terri is going to be a like it or didn’t film, and unfortunately for me it was a didn’t. I didn’t know much about the film, but I had heard some positive things, so I went in optimistic. Now don’t get me wrong there … Continue reading

DVD Review: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold [M15]

Dir: Morgan Spurlock The Documentary: The entire premise for this film is to make a documentary about branding, advertising and product placement in film and fund said film by those very means. It is a strange concept and one that could work if done correctly. I don’t think Spurlock really reached the pull potential here, … Continue reading

December in Film 2011

December 2011 in Film Number of First-Time Viewings (this month): 9 Number of Re-watches (this month): 20 Number of films watched this year: 462 5/5 Meek’s Cutoff * Christmas Vacation * UP * A Christmas Story * Die Hard * 4.5/5 Weekend Not Quite Hollywood * Scrooged * Pump Up The Volume * Die Hard … Continue reading