Reviews
Music Review: Santa - My Bones
Disclaimer: I’ve seen Santa live twice, and each night counted among those I consider the best of my life. I’m also friends on Facebook with the lead singer. I’m predisposed to like their new EP, My Bones, because a) the personal connotations I associate with their music are tied to a period of my life [...]
Funny Games
What I found most striking about this trailer from German filmmaker Michael Haneke’s 1997 film Funny Games was not that I recognized the shots that he would re-create in his shot-for-shot remake a decade later: utilizing the same font and punk-rock theme song; the same image of a family with pleasant faces enjoying a long [...]
Movie Review - Funny Games
Usually I try to avoid reading reviews of movies that I haven’t seen, as critics tend to give away too much plot and generally instill expectations in me that mess with my perceptions of a film while I’m watching it for the first time. I exercised even greater caution than usual with Michael Haneke’s new [...]
DVD: Dan in Real Life
The trailer for Dan in Real Life makes me smile. It has the editing just right, everyone looks like they’re having a good time at a family get-together, and there appears to be some close-knit relationships. Even Dane Cook, who appeared to be giving a very toned down performance, looked passable. I [...]
Debate! No Country for Old Men
The following email conversation can also be found over filmschoolrejects.com.
*Spoiler Alert* Please see “No Country for Old Men” before reading.
Dear Adam–
What up, bitch? Recently, you and I engaged in some dazzling rhetoric regarding this weeks DVD release of the Coen Brothers’ Oscar-winning “No Country for Old Men.” The two of us, along with the [...]
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