We were all up on the Sucker Punch trailer ever since we first laid eyes on it this past summer at Comic Con. After 300 and Watchmen, faith in director Zack Snyder was strong. Sucker Punch certainly had every far flung element needed to be a great flick, and maybe that’s the problem. Miss Madeleine […]
25
Mar
Zack Snyder throws it all in the messy pot
23
Mar
Giorgos Lanthimos takes it to the bizarre familial limit
Dogtooth is like a backhand slap to the face after a night of heavy drinking: it sobers you up instantly. Greek Writer and Director Giorgos Lanthimos isn’t new to the festival circuit but certainly to the Academy Awards. The reason Dogtooth was nominated for best foreign film this year is due to the fact there […]
2
Dec
Sophia Coppola releases a serious cinematic turd
Madman Mundt and the Elf breakdown Sofia Coppola’s latest, Somewhere. The film is out in limited release in the US on December 22nd. The Elf As I write this, there’s a little mantra running through my head: I WILL NOT BE SNARKY. I will not say that Sofia Coppola’s movies get made because her dad […]
12
Aug
Ironic, or just really expendable...?
I’m pretty much a girlie girl. I pretend to be tough, but the closest I’ve ever gotten to a fight was when a chick in seventh grade gym class made fun of my friend Sophia De La Torre, so I pointed my shaking finger in her face and said, in my best pretend badass voice, […]
24
Jun
The Invention of Lying, Twilight New Moon, Couples Retreat and Sherlock Holmes in short blast format
While flying to Italy for another top secret mission (to be disclosed in the very near future) I was forced to suffer through Lufthansa’s in-flight entertianment, which actually isn’t all that bad. In a sado-masochistic way, I kind of enjoy the chance to see movies I would never see in the real world. Or rather, […]
5
Apr
The Elf forgives the faults in lieu of the fun
First, I’m not claiming to be an unbiased movie reviewer here – I admit my love of the first Clash of the Titans has fully influenced my impression of this new one. It brought out the little girl in me and I pretty much couldn’t stop smiling throughout the movie, intellectually knowing that I was […]
31
Aug
The duality of life, as mused on by Nick Cave
The Death of Bunny Munro is the second novel by Nick Cave. It is out this month on Canongate. This is the book review by Kendah El-Ali There’s nothing better than meeting a person who initially strikes you as the survivor of a partial lobotomy, but upon further inspection proves to sideswipe you with his […]
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