Monthly Archives: August, 2011
Review: Beginners
Any relationship is a balance of give and take, at its most base in the form of objects but more importantly, and personally, in the form of shared thoughts and experiences. In particular, it’s the things that have hurt us that are often the hardest to impart, usually seeming so singular and specific that it’s impossible …
Review: Conan the Barbarian (2011)
To those outside its cult following, it would appear that 1982’s Conan the Barbarian has earned a reverence seemingly leagues beyond its surface quality. Often credited as being the breakout role for Arnold Schwarzenegger, the swords and sandals epic follows the titular Cimmerian warrior from Robert E. Howard’s pulp novel series as he fights monsters, …
Review: The Trip
In 2002, English filmmaker Michael Winterbottom directed the little seen but aggressively unique pseudo-biopic/documentary 24 Hour Party People, a fictionalized retelling of the “Madchester” music scene of the 80’s brought about by famed news personality and music enthusiast Tony Wilson. The use of handheld cameras gave the film a documentary feel but Wilson (played by …
Review: In Bruges
“After I killed him, I dropped the gun in the Thames, washed the residue off me hands in the bathroom of a Burger King, and walked home to wait for instructions. Shortly thereafter the instructions came through – “Get the fuck out of London, you dumb fucks. Get to Bruges.” I didn’t even know where …
