8 HEALING Is Not Your Average Prison Film Manon de Reeper May 22, 2014 2010-Present, Drama, Movie Reviews Healing is an Australian movie about the people in a low-security prison, who are all trying to find their ways in life. The main character, Viktor Khadem (Don Hany), killed his best friend when he was drunk...
4 Transcendence (2014): A Pretentious Film From a Rookie Director Manon de Reeper April 29, 2014 2010-Present, Drama, Movie Reviews, Science Fiction 2 Comments Christopher Nolan, Wally Pfister, Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman… The big names attached to this film as well as the potentially great story all promised a pretty awesome movie. The movie, however, did not live...
6.5 Gravity (2013): Does the Multi-Oscar Winning Film Live Up to the Hype? Kimberly Gamble April 24, 2014 2010-Present, Drama, Movie Reviews, Science Fiction, Thriller 6 Comments When I saw the first preview of this film, it appealed to me as a sci-fi thriller fan. I had every intention of going to the theaters to see it, but alas, I waited too long. Meanwhile, Gravity won several...
9 Only Lovers Left Alive (2013): A Vampire’s Melancholic Observation of Humanity Manon de Reeper April 8, 2014 2010-Present, Drama, Movie Reviews 5 Comments Last weekend I attended a screening of Jim Jarmusch's latest production, Only Lovers Left Alive, at the Luna Leederville Cinema here in Perth (which, by the way, is a beautiful original 20's art deco...
9.3 The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): On Wes Anderson’s Homage to Stefan Zweig David Kahen Kashi March 31, 2014 2010-Present, Comedy, Drama, Movie Reviews Wes Anderson can be an acquired taste. Settling on gathering enjoyment from his films can come after much deliberation as to whether he’s serious about the utterly finicky nature he employs in his chosen...
7.5 Noah (2014): Aronofsky Is The God Of Cinematic Art Manon de Reeper March 27, 2014 2010-Present, Adventure, Drama, Movie Reviews 7 Comments Noah is surreal and magical: nothing what you'd expect of a Bible retelling, but everything you'd expect from Darren Aronofsky, and it's a piece of art.
7.5 Veronica Mars (2014): Marshmallow Makes S’more Kimberly Gamble March 26, 2014 2010-Present, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Movie Reviews 3 Comments Kristin Bell is back as Veronica Mars! Kimberly Gamble, a "Mashmallow" herself, reviews the movie.
4 Oldboy (2013): A Case Study in How Not to Do a Remake Jeff Peterson March 24, 2014 2010-Present, Action, Drama, Movie Reviews, Mystery 1 Comment In this 2013 American “reinterpretation” of Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy – which was itself loosely based on a ‘90s manga by Tsuchiya Garon – a misogynistic, binge-drinking ad exec (Josh Brolin) is...
7.5 Dallas Buyers Club (2013): Why Today’s Pharmaceutical Industry is Evil Manon de Reeper March 12, 2014 2010-Present, Biography, Drama, Movie Reviews Dallas Buyers Club isn't just a story about a dude in the 1980's that got AIDS and built a drugs emporium - it's much more than that.
8.5 Filth (2013): Of Cynicism and Insanity Manon de Reeper February 25, 2014 2010-Present, Crime, Drama, Movie Reviews Anyone who enjoys a complex character should see Filth. We discuss the movie's representation of corruption and explanations for criminal behavior.
7 Prisoners (2013) Tells You Justice is Incapable and to Fear Everyone Manon de Reeper February 4, 2014 2010-Present, Crime, Drama, Movie Reviews, Thriller I had already previewed Prisoners a while ago, and was quite interested in seeing the movie. However, I didn't have the chance until yesterday due to... life. Moving across continents does stand in the way...
7.5 Only God Forgives (2013) – A Different Movie is not a Bad Movie Manon de Reeper December 13, 2013 2010-Present, Crime, Drama, Movie Reviews, Thriller Only God Forgives is a movie not for the faint of heart. It's highly violent and highlights that violence as if it is a virtue. This movie wasn't received by the critics nor by the public favorably, but I'd...