Written & Directed by: Jason Reitman Cast: Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Tobey Maguire Labor Day is a labor to watch, laborious, protracted, and an almost complete time suck. I’m tremendously appalled that a director of Jason Reitman’s stature would produce what amounts to cinematic toilet paper. The only saving graces to this, least I say film, are the vague observations … [Read more...] about Labor Day
Archives for January 2014
That Awkward Moment
So . . ? Swift shot: In every relationship these days there is that awkward so, so what are we doing here? So, are we going anywhere with this? So, what do I tell my friends? . . . And so on. That Awkward Moment is really just that, a series of awkward moments strewn loosely together to form a patchwork of a romantic comedy. There isn’t anything spectacular … [Read more...] about That Awkward Moment
President Snow’s Panem Address
Together as one?!?! Swift shot: ONE, huh? The Capitol might not like what I am about to say, but after the Quarter Quell, I am emboldened to speak the truth! Citizens, you may think President Snow is speaking the truth in this latest "reminder" that they own us all. They sit atop their ivory towers, wearing their piercing white cloaks of conquest, and now it appears … [Read more...] about President Snow’s Panem Address
The Wolf of Wall Street
Nothing exceeds like excess. The H-Bomb: Who is Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio)? Well, long and short of it, he's a coke head, a pill popper, a drunk, a sex addict, an asshole, and one of the most successful brokers on Wall Street. He came from humble beginnings, starting out in the 1980's as "pond scum" at a brokerage firm, but before the first day was out, he was … [Read more...] about The Wolf of Wall Street
12 Years a Slave
Lest we forget The H-Bomb: Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor) is a free black man living in 1840′s New York. Married with two children, and working as a successful violinist, Solomon seems to be leading the ideal life. All of that, however, is about to change, when he accompanies a couple of fellow musicians to Washington for a prospective job. As it turns out, these … [Read more...] about 12 Years a Slave