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[Note: Republished from 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival Coverage] Fruitvale Station is a really powerful and depressing film. Directed by Ryan Coogler, the film takes place on December 31, 2008 and is based on the true story of Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan), a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, whose life came to a tragic end at the Fruitvale subway stop on New Year’s Day. You [...]
As someone who watches a lot of movies, I’ve been asked this question a few times before: What Makes a Good Movie? There are probably a few different answers to that question, but I think it really comes down to one thing. Of course you’ll have to watch the video to find out what it is Once you’re done watching make sure to let me [...]
In Disney’s latest film, The Lone Ranger, Armie Hammer (The Social Network) and Johnny Depp team up as outcasts trying to bring an end to corruption and bring the guilty to justice. Directed by Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean), the movie follows John Reid (Armie Hammer), a man of the law, who has a chance encounter with Native American warrior Tonto (Johnny Depp), a [...]
The 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival has officially ended and we have shared our thoughts along the way. And now it’s time for me to give you my final recap and tell you about my favorite films at the festival. Below you will find the list of all the films that I saw at the festival in order of preference (the titles link to the [...]
In our final round of reviews for the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival, I grouped up some unconventional films, which all focus on character developments in different ways. Ain’t Them Bodies Saints Set in 1970′s Texas Hill Country, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints tells the story of Bob Muldoon (Casey Affleck), who takes the fall for his wife’s, Ruth Guthrie (Rooney Mara), crime. He asks [...]
Mike and Sulley are back! But instead of seeing what happens to them next, Disney•Pixar offers us Monsters University, a prequel to the 2001 movie Monsters, Inc., where we find out how Mike and Sulley met in the first place. The big challenge when doing a prequel is that audiences are familiar with the characters and already know where they end up, so anything that [...]
As the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival is coming close to its end, we still have a few movies to share our thoughts about. So far the festival has been a big success and these three movies are some of my favorites at the festival. Short Term 12 Probably my favorite film at the Los Angeles Film Festival so far, Short Term 12 follows [...]
Disney•Pixar is getting ready to release their new animated movie Monsters University tomorrow, which is a prequel to Pixar’s 2001 movie Monsters, Inc.. Billy Crystal and John Goodman, who are reprising their roles as Mike and Sulley respectively, recently took part in a press conference to answer a few questions about the movie. Here are some highlights of what you should know about Monsters University. [...]
The Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF) is already well on its way and it’s the perfect time to start talking about all the great films we saw there. The festival will last until June 23rd, so there is still time for you to catch a few movies if you want to. In the meantime, let’s talk about two feature films playing at the festival, Goodbye [...]
The Wall is based on Marlen Haushofer’s novel of the same name about a woman (Martina Gedeck) who, when vacationing in the Austrian mountainside, finds herself cut off from everything and everyone when a mysterious invisible wall manifest itself around the mountains. With no one but her dog Lynx with her, she begins her journey of survival as she adapts to living alone in her [...]
