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Paul (2011)
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, the cheeky Brits who brought us “Hot Fuzz” and “Shaun of the Dead,” put their heads together once again to give us their signature fanboy take on the alien encounter movie....
Mar 19, 2011 / Eric M. ArmstrongThe Adjustment Bureau (2011)
Do humans really have free will? It certainly seems like we do. But, given the right conditions, science can accurately predict the behavior of atoms. And aren’t our bodies just a giant cluster of...
Mar 16, 2011 / Eric M. ArmstrongEnter the Void (2010)
“Enter the Void” will be loathed by a lot of people. Dismissed as a pretentious stoner flick trying desperately to dazzle. And I won’t completely disagree. But French director Gaspar Noé’s third...
Feb 17, 2011 / Eric M. ArmstrongMonsters (2010)
The most common mistake made by first-time directors is to cram every film school trick and cutting edge idea into that debut film. A bloated, pretentious, insufferable and flashy effort is often the...
Jan 21, 2011 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Hævnen/In a Better World’ is Oscar worthy
There are a couple of reasons why everyone should watch “Hævnen”. The first is that is a beautiful film, a beauteous film, with all the slightly otherworldly aloofness that the word suggests. The...
Jan 17, 2011 / Kamayani SharmaNew Spider-Man Revealed
Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man Sony has released the first official photo from their new Spider-Man film. Andrew Garfield, who starred in “Never Let Me Go” and “The Social Network,” will don the...
Jan 14, 2011 / Eric M. ArmstrongFeelin’ IFFI and the Films That Now Matter
The Goa Film Festival that was from the 22nd of November to the 2nd of December and I managed to attend the first five days. Unfortunately, I got sick just after the festival and couldn’t compile the...
Jan 12, 2011 / Kamayani SharmaLoose Cannons: Small Expectations
Loose Cannons (Mine Vaganti, Ferzan Ozpetek) is an Italian comedy about Tommaso (Riccardo Scamarcio), a young man who returns home planning to announce to his family that he is gay. However, his...
Jan 8, 2011 / Alison FrankRabbit Hole (2010)
Adapted from David Lindsay-Abaire’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “Rabbit Hole” ferries us down into the blackest void of parental despair and bravely leaves us without a sturdy rope to climb back...
Dec 27, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongCasino Jack (2010)
“Washington is like Hollywood, only without the pretty faces.” This, according to Kevin Spacey’s idealistic, wise-cracking super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff on the two-faced, backstabbing nature of...
Dec 22, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongBlack Swan (2010)
© 2010 Fox Searchlight Pictures Teetering on the edge between melodrama and high art, “Black Swan” is a gripping, spooky, exultant picture that is as beautiful as it is ugly. Sure to divide...
Dec 2, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong127 Hours (2010)
Anyone who has ever worked in a corporate setting or been trained in some unique job or activity has had to sit through an outdated, ineffectual instructional video. When I worked as a data operator...
Nov 29, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongSomewhere (2010)
“The moral life of man forms part of the subject-matter of the artist, but the morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium” [Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray ]. Stephen...
Nov 25, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongLet Me In (2010)
I scarcely remember grinning as much during a film as I did while watching “Let Me In.” Grinning during a horror movie, you ask? Allow me to explain. It was an all-encompassing smile of pleasure,...
Oct 30, 2010 / Vanessa GranielloThe 54th London Film Festival in Review
Now that the 54 th London Film Festival has drawn to a close, it’s time to look back at all of the feature films that I reviewed. Here is the list, ordered from best to worst. 1) Dhobi Ghat 2) The...
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