"Moments seize us." The H-Bomb: Something I've always admired about filmmaker Richard Linklater is his willingness to experiment. Be it with narrative (Slacker), style (A Scanner Darkly), or both (Waking Life), he has ceaselessly searched for new ways of telling a story on film. Of all his cinematic experiments, Boyhood is far and away his most ambitious to date. Shot over … [Read more...] about Boyhood
Drama
The Last of Robin Hood
All heroes die Swift shot: Depressing, utterly, depressing. Watching your father's childhood hero walk the plank of shame in his latter years was no fun. Directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, The Last of Robin Hood tells the one-sided tale of Beverly Aadland and her overly manipulative mother, Florence and their time with Errol Flynn. These two became … [Read more...] about The Last of Robin Hood
The Hundred-Foot Journey
"Food is memories." The H-Bomb: Hassan (Manish Dayal) is a young cook from India who migrates to France with his father, Papa (Om Puri), and siblings after they lose their restaurant. Their car breaks down in the middle of the French countryside, right outside a small village, which turns out to be fortuitous, as the village just happens to have an old, empty restaurant … [Read more...] about The Hundred-Foot Journey
Get on Up
He's got soul, and he's superbad. The H-Bomb: I should confess right off the bat that I was not looking forward to Get on Up. I'm not a fan of musical biopics in general- Walk the Line bored me, Ray I never even saw- and from the trailers, this didn't look like it would be of any remote interest to me. Just another by-the-numbers, formulaic biopic about some … [Read more...] about Get on Up
Transcendence
Technology gone mild. The H-Bomb: Scientist Will Caster (Johnny Depp) is on the brink of creating a revolutionary new kind of artificial intelligence, one that can fuse a human mind with a computer. His work has raised the ire of anti-techie nuts of the world, who believe his work is "going to far." One such zealot (played by Lukas Haas, the Amish kid from Witness) decides … [Read more...] about Transcendence
