The Epically Entertaining But Empty CLOUD ATLAS

CLOUD ATLAS (Dirs. Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, & Tom Tykwer, 2012) Early on in this fantastical blend of seven scenarios, Tom Hanks...

SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS: An Amusingly Meta-Minded Dog Napping Caper

SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS (Dir. Martin McDonagh, 2012) It’s not often that a film lives up to the potential of its cast and premise, but SEVEN PSYC...

Tricks Not Treats In The Non-Scary SINISTER

SINISTER (Dir. Scott Derrickson, 2012) Halloween is right around the corner, so how about an Ethan Hawke horror movie? In Scott Derrickson’...

Ben Affleck's Über-Arresting ARGO

ARGO   (Dir. Ben Affleck, 2012) Actor/director Ben Affleck more than tops  THE TOWN  (which topped GONE BABY GONE ) in his splendid third th...

TAKEN 2: The Film Babble Blog Review

TAKEN 2 (Dir. Olivier Megaton, 2012)  I saw the original TAKEN (2008) for the first time last week, and I found it to be an entertaining y...

Tim Burton Gets Back To Basics In FRANKENWEENIE

FRANKENWEENIE (Dir. Tim Burton, 2012) Tim Burton’s new full-length animated remake of one of his earliest works, the 1984 live-action sho...

PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER: The Film Babble Blog Review

PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER   (Dir. Stephen Chbosky, 2012)   I related to this film a little, my wife related to it A LOT.  You see, she w...

SAMSARA: The Film Babble Blog Review

Now playing in the Triangle at the Colony Theater in Raleigh, the Galaxy Cinema in Cary, and the Chelsea Theatre in Chapel Hill: SAMSARA ...