We Got Cows! (When We Were Young, Episode 1)
Hold on to something! The When We Were Young podcast’s pilot episode glances back at everyone’s favorite cow-tossing summer blockbuster, Twister, to see if the windiest divorce drama of all time holds...
View ArticleThe Tens: Best Of Film 2002
Here it is, straight from the mouth of a film student. (Sort of.) I made this Top 10 list relatively early in awards season, before I’d seen a number of films that factored into the race that year —...
View ArticleThe Tens: Best Of Film 2003
(A Then & Now perspective.) The further back I go in time, the less secure I am in my Top Ten choices. That’s largely because I haven’t seen all these movies again since, and I have no idea how,...
View ArticleNot-Oscars 2012: The Year’s Best Performances
(Originally published at JustinPlusSeven on January 10, 2013.) You, dear reader, have the honor of reading this in the future, after the Oscar nominations have been announced. But I am writing from...
View ArticleThe Tens: Best Of Film 2012
It’s Oscar time! As usual, the Academy Awards are poised to make some very wrong decisions this year. So as usual, I am prematurely correcting them by releasing my Top Ten of the year. That year is...
View ArticleJust Cause: Anderson’s ‘Master’ Comes Up Short On Effect
Okay… Here we go. For a cineaste like me, a new Paul Thomas Anderson film is like Christmas, except it happens much less frequently. The last PTA movie was a whopping five years ago — the rightful Best...
View ArticleTrailer Trash: Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘The Master’
If I really had to choose just one favorite filmmaker who is prolific today, I’d have to select Paul Thomas Anderson. I’ve adored just about everything he’s done, especially Magnolia, Boogie Nights,...
View ArticleThe Dicks: Bromances & Mantagonists Of 2011
(Films discussed in this post: A Dangerous Method, 50/50, Cedar Rapids, Margin Call, The Perfect Host, The Guard, The Ides Of March, Horrible Bosses, Warrior.) In my post on “The Chicks,” I reflected...
View ArticleThe Deadbeats: Bad Dads From Brad Pitt To ‘The Descendants’
Brad Pitt was named 2011’s Best Actor by the New York Film Critics Circle, which marks a notable shift in the thespian’s career. It’s not that he’s never been given awards love before, because he has....
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