‘Shame’ painfully dull despite NC-17
Shame, starring Michael Fassbender as Brandon Sullivan, is a very appropriately titled film. Mostly because I’m ashamed for having watched it; and I’m not ashamed because of the nudity in it. I’m an adult...
Author: Brett Walker
The Descendants perfectly mixes comedy and tragedy
Some people might think of Hawaii as a perfect place. The inhabitants of this group of islands don’t have any problems, heartache or stress. Why would they? They live in Hawaii! The Descendents aims...
Audience empathizes with former cult member in ‘Martha Marcy May Marlene’
Your family isn’t there for you, the world has nothing to offer you and you’ve lost all hope. But while you feel like you’ve hit rock bottom you run into a group of friendly...
‘In Time’ surprisingly entertaining
Every morning Will Salas (Justin Timberlake) wakes up he has less than a day to live. So he gets up early and looks for work to buy more time. The movie In Time is...
Texas Killing Fields splits stories
The Texas Killing fields are a place where people die. It’s a place in Texas that locals know is unsafe. Out-of-towners will never understand it and there is no way they will be able...
‘Margaret’ moves too slowly
Margaret is the story about a spoiled, over privileged, Jewish girl named Lisa. Well, at least this is how Lisa Cohen (Anna Paquin) describes herself. She is a fairly attractive female living in New...
‘Brighton Rock’ showcases English culture and crime
Brighton Rock is not just another English gangster flick. Sure it seems like that at the go, but as we get deeper into the story the film reveals more about people and society. In...
Contagion lacks focus
Have you ever thought about what would happen if a bat started eating a banana, dropped the uneaten portion into a pig farm, a pig ate the rest and then a chef handled the...
Cast has chemistry in ‘Our Idiot Brother’
Nice guys are often confused with idiots. They have all of the characteristics of an idiot: they are trust worthy, honest and easy going. That’s exactly the description of the idiot in question. In...