Great Gatsby, The (2013)
For all its faults, Baz Luhrmann delivers an entertaining, unsubtle, aesthetically pleasing movie that will be sure to annoy plenty.
Category: film reviews
Kiss of the Damned
Xan Cassavetes’ feature debut is a classy little throwback to the seventies that doesn’t exactly rise from a dead story.
Star Trek Into Darkness
Star Trek Into Darkness is not as entirely original as its predecessor was, but it doesn’t mean it’s any less entertaining.
Upstream Color
Shane Carruth delivers a sophomore feature that’s an emotional powerhouse with as much metaphysical prowess as any Malick or Tarkovsky film.
Lords of Salem, The
Rob Zombie’s attempt to make a film with truly nightmarish qualities fails with a lame narrative and a poor grip on good surrealism.
Letter to Momo, A
An 11-year-old girl moves to her mother’s hometown after the death of her father, and meets three supernatural beings known as Yokai, who will cause her more than one grief during her stay, as she deals with having to let go and moving on.
English Teacher, The (2013)
Zisk’s directorial debut has an average story, but a great cast helps it rise above that.
Finding Mr. Right (Chinese Film)
A gold-digger with a heart of gold arrives in Seattle to find love… or to give birth to her baby, in China’s latest box office hit with Tang Wei.
