Boxcar Bertha
Part exploitation movie, part visionary cinema, Boxcar Bertha is caught somewhere in between.
Author: Ryan Cracknell
Who’s That Knocking at My Door
A crudely shot but effective film that not only introduced us to Scorsese but several of the themes around religion, love and gender that he’s continued to explore even in his more recent films.
Christmas · Films: F · Reviews: F
The Family Stone
What’s so refreshing about Thomas Bezucha’s The Family Stone is how it plays off of genre expectations and effortlessly switches back and forth between comedy, romance and tragedy.
The Blue Rose
The film focuses more on getting its message, no matter how noble, across rather than focusing on basic storytelling.
All the Real Girls
Like love, the film mucks about, making up the rules as it goes along. It’s not perfect, but neither is love.
Superman Returns
A tender film that steps outside of its expected genre.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Still a lot of fun, has lots of action and adds some depth to the overall story, but it’s also bloated and ends far too suddenly.
The Goonies
Whether it’s an organ that threatens death if the wrong note is played, a wishing well that talks back to you or a pirate ship, the surface of The Goonies is all about a child’s innocence and faith in the unlikely.
Fitzcarraldo
If you have a dream, the only way to accomplish it is to face it head on. If your dream requires you to drag a massive boat up a mountainside, do it. So says director Werner Herzog in the bizarre but captivating Fitzcarraldo.
Grosse Pointe Blank
Armitage encourages [Gen-Xers] to keep the skeptical attitude, but to also negotiate some sort of confusing middle ground between maintaining the image without “selling out”.
