It’s Better to Jump (Angelone, 2013)
It's Better to Jump is one of those films that sounds better in a summary than it ends up being.
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Child of God (Franco, 2013)
An outsider, of “carnival folk” in a rustic, small town in the backwoods of Tennessee, Lester Ballard lives alone, fighting for his survival.
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Church Hoppers
It's hard to combine reality television with church.
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Weir, 2003) — 10 Years Later
That "B" grade looks stingy in retrospect, especially given some of the films I had rated above it: Kill Bill: Vol. 1; Thirteen; The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King; Mystic River.
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Aftermath (Pasikowski, 2012)
It's not surprising, then, to find the film is about antisemitism. What was surprising to me was how fresh it managed to be even while dealing with a subject that is as old as Western civilization.
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All She Can (Wendel, 2011)
College—it’s Luz Garcia’s dream—it’s her only way of escaping the big trouble of her small town.
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Ender’s Game (Hood, 2013)
I've spent the three days between viewing and reviewing Ender's Game listlessly trying to convince myself that the film didn't suck.
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Standing Up (Caruso, 2013)
Standing Up begins and ends with a reference to God. In between, Howie and Grace confront a childhood trauma with a mix of fragility, resiliency, and candor that is rare… Continue reading "Standing Up (Caruso, 2013)"
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Shepard & Dark (Wurmfeld, 2012)
It’s hard to know which element of Shepard & Dark is the most refreshingly quaint: the male friendship, the commitment to letter writing, or the quiet quality of its emotional… Continue reading "Shepard & Dark (Wurmfeld, 2012)"
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Escape Plan (Håfström, 2013)
Every good escape plan needs three things: