"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
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Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
A hell of a town. The H-Bomb: A cocky young gambler (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) crashes the wrong poker game and winds up on the bad side of a very powerful man. Bottom feeding private eye, Dwight (Josh Brolin), gets involved in the duplicitous dealings of an ex-flame, Ava Lord (Eva Green), and lives to regret it. Gorgeous stripper, Nancy (Jessica Alba), seeks revenge against … [Read more...] about Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Batman: Assault on Arkham
Needed more Bats. The H-Bomb: A morbidly obese government spook is hot on the trail of the Riddler (Matthew Gray Gubler), who has stolen a top secret file, when Batman (Kevin Conroy) steps in and apprehends him, taking him to Arkham Asylum. The information on that file is highly sensitive, so special agent Thunder Thighs assembles the Suicide Squad, a team of highly … [Read more...] about Batman: Assault on Arkham
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
