It's HERE! I can't believe Mommy is already the young Quebecois filmmaker, Xavier Dolan's fifth feature. Mommy tied the Jury Award at this year's Cannes with Jean-Luc Godard's Goodbye to Language 3D. And that's Godard so even a tie is a great accomplishment in itself! We all know that Dolan probably has some mommy issues considering his first film was I Killed my Mother (2009) which was semi-autographical. And although,...
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(I'm channeling Ruth Gordon from Rosemary's baby) OK, that's beside the point! This trailer of Whiplash looks absolutely incredible and I can't wait to see this when it comes out. It looks incredibly gripping, intense, and emotional. Miles Teller is used to being typecast as a goof-ball and this time we see him as refined musician whose ambitions are sky-high! J.K. Simmons looks like the teacher from hell who is obviously...
This is a particularly special review because I had an extensive discussion all about the gripping YA novel/film, The Maze Runner with my good friend Arshad. Arshad does a lot of things (singer, songwriter, actor, director, etc!) and one of them is being a huge fan and expert on the YA novel and film movement that got sparked when The Hunger Games (2012) came out. We both caught The Hunger Games bug and while I drifted...
Love It / Hate It is a new segment I'm doing on every Wednesday in the month of Sept where Kristen Sales of Sales on Film and I discuss films we hate or love!
This week Kristen and I discuss the indie hit film Short Term 12 directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. Short Term 12 is one of the rare films that I did not actually like. In terms of story, filmmaking, direction, it was all superbly done and I applaud them for...
Year: 2014
Director: Kevin Smith
Cast: Justin Long, Michael Parks, Genesis Rodriguez, Haley Joel Osment, Johnny Depp
Country of Origin: USA
Rating: R
Time: 102 mins
As someone who has only seen Clerks. (1994) and isn't a hardcore, wild, boob-flashing kind of fan gal of Kevin Smith, I had below zero expectations of Tusk in terms of story and execution. I went in absent-minded and when I came out, I had one of those rare bug-eyed...
How did a guy like Ned Benson who had merely 3 short films under his belt, make such an ambitious first feature film that earned him three films stemmed from the same concept, and starring the year's most surprisingly stellar and revered cast? And with The Weinstein Co's stamp of approval?! I hear Oscar bells already! No matter how much I would attribute his success to connections, his talent is clearly visible in this re-cut...
Badass Femmes is a bi-weekly column that I write on Crome Yellow about all the Badass Females in pop culture that has shaped my life.
Lady Vengeance (2005) has got to be my favorite film out Park Chan-wook's unrelentingly gritty Vengeance Trilogy that includes Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) and Old Boy (2003). Lee Geum-ja is an unconventional character not even by film standards but by Korean society....
The times are going by so fast! It's already the second to the last film of The Hunger Games trilogy! As much as I didn't really like the final book, there is a lot at stake here in the districts and a whole mound of shit is about to go down! The final book is really the breaking point for all the districts as they face a war against the capital. Katniss Everdeen becomes their martyr and essentially a symbol for freedom hence...
Love It / Hate It is a new segment I'm doing on every Wednesday in the month of Sept where Kristen Sales of Sales on Film and I discuss films we hate or love!
This week Sales on Film and I discuss Shane Carruth's mind-bending Upstream Color. I must admit, Carruth's films are not for everyone. It's been nearly a decade since he came out with his phenomenal debut film, Primer, which basically obliterated everyone's...
It's here! The first episode of the New York Series is a series of videos I shot in New York that I will be releasing in the month of October! But obviously with The Skeleton Twins already out, it can't hurt to release this spanking new video a bit early can it?! I had the help of my friend Jenn to review the film with me. We saw it at IFC where Director Craig Johnson, Kristen Wiig, and Bill Hader joined us for...
Love It / Hate It is a new segment I'm doing on every Wednesday in the month of Sept where Kristen Sales of Sales on Film and I discuss films we hate or love!
This week Sales on Film and I discuss James Ponsoldt's The Spectacular Now starring Miles Teller & Shailene Woodley in this coming-of-age story about a hard-partying high school boy name Sutter who starts challenging his life perspective after meeting...
Jason Reitman's new film, Men, Women, & Children just snuck up on all of us and it seems like it's going to be a thrilling ride. Based on the novel of the same name by Chad Kultgen, the story follows a group of high school teenagers and their parents, as they attempt to navigate the many ways the internet has changed their form of relationships, communication, and lifestyle. The film has a great cast starring Ansel Elgort,...
Love It / Hate It is a new segment I'm doing on every Wednesday in the month of Sept where Kristen Sales of Sales on Film and I discuss films we hate or love! And this week is Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Terrence Howard, Maria Bello, Paul Dano, and Melissa Leo.
I LOVED IT / KRISTEN HATED IT.
(such strong words... maybe just disliked!)
Next Episode: The...
