I’m having a difficult time coming up with anything interesting to say about Theodore Melfi’s St. Vincent that hasn’t been said before due to the film doing nothing we haven’t seen before. Bill Murray plays Vincent, a cantankerous old grump…
Ally’s Movie Review: Pride
Inspired by a true story, Pride begins in the summer of 1984. Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike, prompting a London-based group of gay and lesbian activists to raise money to support…
Ally’s Movie Review: Calvary
The virtuous, the evil and the damned, the faithful and bedridden, the devout and the defiled; all are represented, all are given their moments in the sun in this extraordinary look at life and forgiveness and all that falls in…
Ally’s Movie Review: Lucy
With just about the same amount of subtlety as a rock hitting you in the face, Lucy tries to be a lot of things, misses spectacularly and still manages to be something entertaining. I’m as confused as you are. The…
The Film Canon: Les Diaboliques (1955)
It is no more possible to discuss the importance and impact of Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Les Diaboliques without diving into spoilers than it is to examine Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960) without mentioning Janet Leigh’s brutal murder. And yet Clouzot’s masterpiece has…
Ally’s Movie Review: Begin Again
Due to my indifference to Once,I was dubious about how fond I’d be of John Carney’s newest film Begin Again. I was pleasantly surprised, however, to see some catchy tunes, some laughs and two great lead performances by Keira Knightley…
Ally’s Movie Review: The Congress
“Ultimately, everything makes sense. And everything is in our mind.” Robin Wright is a woman who has a decade of poor decisions weighing her down. Once a shining star and a fresh faced actress ready to take on stardom, she’s…