Things I Don’t Understand (Spaltro, 2011)
In a new episode of The Thin Place at Film Geek Radio, Ken and Todd discuss David Spaltro's indie drama about a woman struggling to come to terms with her doubts regarding life after death.
Author: kenmorefield
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The Hours (Daldry, 2002) — 10 Years Later
Stephen Daldry has been nominated for an Academy Award as Best Director three times, and has directed a fourth film that was nominated for Best Picture. Here's a quick challenge--before clicking on the "Read More" icon, see if you can name any of the others (besides The Hours).
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Antwone Fisher (Washington, 2002) — 10 Years Later
Which brings me, roundabout, to Derek Luke. That it is Antwone's story means that Luke is the connecting tissue in each scene that works and the main reason the film is able to avoid some of the pitfalls that accompany a somewhat formulaic script.
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Kwapis, 2005)
The acting is terrific. Amber Tamblyn is very, very good. America Ferrara is, quite simply, fabulous. Ferrara gave a knockout performance in Real Women Have Curves and backs it up here. I will gladly go see her next three movies without knowing anything about them other than that she is in them.
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Big Miracle (Kwapis, 2012)
Big Miracle is the kind of film you dread getting assigned to write about as a film critic, you go to by yourself because none of your friends will join you, you growl through the first half, and then you walk out smiling and when a snickering colleague asks you how bad it was say somewhat sheepishly, "Actually, I kinda, sorta, enjoyed it."
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About Schmidt (Payne, 2002) — 10 Years Later
I am not sure what it says about Alexander Payne's tragicomedy that the first thing I thought of when reviewing that scene was that, beat for beat, it was the same joke and timing from the classic episode of The Simpsons where Homer survives eating what he momentarily thinks is a poison blowfish.
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Red Tails (Hemingway, 2012)
Red Tails is an earnest, straight forward, somewhat generic, but easily likable war-action movie that will probably be both overpraised and overcritized due to it being produced by George Lucas.
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Wit (Nichols, 2001) — 10 Years Later
My relationship to cancer has changed much in the last ten years.
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2011 Top 10
At various points in the year, I considered five different films for the top slot. Normally that might mean that there was no runaway film that I really fell in love with, but the opposite was true. The difficulty in picking just one was reflective of the different ways in which I adored each of these films.
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Making the Boys (Robey, 2011)
Making the Boys feels at times like it is seven potentially great documentaries struggling to emerge from one good one.