PREMIUM RUSH: As Silly As It Is Thrilling

PREMIUM RUSH (Dir. David Koepp, 2012) We first meet Joseph Gordon-Levitt in mid-air as he falls in slow motion off his bicycle to the openi...

These Indie Kids With Their Surreal Anti-Rom Coms…

This summer has been thankfully free of commercial romantic comedies. There haven’t been any brightly-lit Kate Hudson or Jennifer Aniston ve...

OUR SCHOOL: an Important Work for American Film Students

This is a guest post written by Claude Kerven , currently the Chair of the 1-Year Filmmaking Program atthe New York Film Academy, where he t...

Taking A Look Back At The Michael Cera Era

Remember the Michael Cera era? What, you don't? C’mon, surely you remember that period, just a few years back, when it seemed like there...

THE CAMPAIGN: Underwritten But Not Unfunny

Opening today at nearly every multiplex in Raleigh and the Triangle area: THE CAMPAIGN   (Dir. Jay Roach, 2012) With Will Ferrell and Zach G...

Hard To Get On Board With Bourne Without Bourne

Opening today at nearly every multiplex in Raleigh and the Triangle area: THE BOURNE LEGACY  (Dir. Tony Gilroy, 2012) In retrospect, maybe i...

Streep and Jones rekindle romance in HOPE SPRINGS

Opening today in Raleigh and the Triangle area: HOPE SPRINGS   (David Frankel, 2012) A frumpy Meryl Streep and a grumpy Tommy Lee Jones, as ...

The TOTAL RECALL remake really ain’t right

TOTAL RECALL   (Dir. Len Wiseman, 2012) With its dark rainy dystopian cityscape full of video-billboards, flying cars, cyberpunk people with...