‘The Last Stand’ doesn’t quite deliver
After seeing Jee-woon Kim’s I saw the Devil, I was looking forward to seeing more of his projects. I went out and found The Good, the Bad, the Weird and enjoyed that. So, needless...
Author: Brett Walker
‘Django Unchained’ Tarantino’s Christmas gift to moviegoers
Quentin Tarantino is by far my favorite director. In my eyes he can do no wrong. Because of this I had been really looking forward to Django Unchained.I followed all of posts on social...
‘Hitchcock’ brings the great director to a new crowd
Alfred Hitchcock is known as the master of suspense. During his career he directed over 50 films and is highly regarding even today. One of his most notable films was Psycho, a film about...
‘Life of Pi’ a visual masterpiece
I mentioned to a friend of mine that I was going to see Life of Pi and she was adamant that I read the book before venturing off to see this film. Like most...
Kids fight modern-day commies in ‘Red Dawn’
Back in the 1980s when the original Red Dawn was released, Americans were terrified of the communist Soviet Union. In the new Red Dawn remake, it’s communists from North Korea invading Spokane, Washington. Thankfully,...
‘Silver Linings Playbook’ an entertaining film with heart
If you come home to discover your wife in the shower with another man, don’t beat the guy up until he’s inches from death. That’s what Pat (Bradley Cooper) does in Silver Linings Playbook...
Penn’s subtleties make ‘This Must Be the Place’ worth a watch
This Must Be The Place takes us into the life of a retired rock star, Cheyenne (Sean Penn), his wife Jane, (Frances McDormand), and their dog, living comfortably off his royalties in Dublin. Each...
‘Chernobyl Diaries’ fails to break new ground
Extreme tourism, it’s not just a hobby it’s a way of life. What are extreme tourists you ask? Well they are people who risk their lives and their own safety to do touristy things....
MIB III kicks off summer movie season
Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith, or in this case Agent K and Agent J, are back together and back in action! Well, kind of. In Men in Black III our favorite alien fighting...
Director Drew Goddard talks ‘Cabin in the Woods’
I recently had the opportunity to sit in on a discussion with director Drew Goddard about his new film and feature length directorial debut Cabin in the Woods. Goddard, a pleasant, down-to-earth individual, started...
‘Cabin in the Woods’ a new twist on horror traditions
“You don’t know the story,” that’s the tag line for The Cabin in the Woods. So I’m like, “Oh, ok first time feature director Drew Goddard, show me what you got!” So I sit...
Phoenix Film Festival wrap-up: The good, the bad, the surprising
The Phoenix Film Festival has become my favorite way to spend three or four days away from home. That even beats out Disneyland, which I went to for the first time this year. This...
‘Andrew Bird: Fever Year’ a fest favorite
Andrew Bird is described as an American musician, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has a bachelor’s degree in violin performance and has made tons of music in the genres of folk, jazz, swing and blues....
International Horror & Sci-Fi joins Phoenix Film Festival
It’s back for 2012! The Phoenix Film Festival is back and it’s promising to be better than years past! Not only do you get the Phoenix Film Festival, but you also get the International...