Ally’s Movie Review: Lilting

There’s a poetically unstable atmosphere surrounding the film Lilting; it’s a feeling that at any moment the worlds of our two leads could come crumbling down around them, bit by bit. Set in London, it’s a story about a Cambodian-Chinese…

All About the Romance: Movies for Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is tomorrow and with such weak offerings hitting theaters it seems like it might be smarter to stay at home and pick from some better pickings. In no particular order, here are some of my favorite movies about…

Ten Shows Cancelled Too Soon

With the news this week of Veronica Mars eating up just about every entertainment media outlet as it climbed its way to a big screen debut, it’s easy to mourn the other television shows that passed before their time and…

Movie Pick of the Week: Layer Cake (2004)

Movies Seen This Week: Taxi Driver (1976), End of Watch (2012), Enchanted (2007), Girl Walk//All Day (2012), Starter for 10 (2006), Wanted (2008), Girl Model (2012), Rope (1948), The Impossible (2012), Porco Rosso (1992), Hitchcock (2012), Layer Cake (2004)  What…

Maxwell’s Movie Review: Skyfall

After fifty years and twenty-three Bond films, I can safely assure you that Agent 007 is still busily pursuing anonymous henchmen aboard moving vehicles, seducing women by simply turning around and looking at them, and refusing to ascend skyscrapers in…

This Month in Film: November New Releases

November is a great movie month. It’s almost like prep for the onslaught of films to expect in December. November is full of major awards contenders (hyped indies and big budgets) and blockbusters. It also rings the end of the…

Maxwell’s Movie Review: Cloud Atlas

Some movies are like real life – painfully realistic, often cynical or sad, these seek to portray a truth about the world we live in. Many of these are marvelous films – the best among them including Mike Leigh’s Another…