Monthly Archives: January 2014

“Divorce Corp” is a documentary that could have been required viewing for anybody getting divorced, or for that matter, getting married. Its cautionary message is that sobering. But advocacy documentaries — be they about charter schools, Barack Obama’s parentage or … Continue reading →

A few surprises in the nominated films the WGA figured noteworthy from last year — original script, adapted script and documentary script. Woody Allen, Coen Brothers, “American Hustle,” Spike Jonze.Sure. “Before Midnight,” “Captain Phillips,” “August: Osage County,” “Dallas Buyers Club,” … Continue reading →

With “Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones”, this found footage franchise abandons the lull you to sleep creepiness of found surveillance footage for full on shaky cam and an altogether more conventional horror movie plot. But as exhausted as this series … Continue reading →

There’s a sound Japanese men make that Westerners typically only experience in the movies, a guttural, testosterone-charged bellow meant to chastise, intimidate and terrorize. It’s the pitch the camp guard uses on Allied prisoners of war, the one we hear … Continue reading →