Steve Lopez (Robert Downey, Jr.) is a Los Angeles Times reporter who is stuck in a rut, when he meets Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx), a one time Julliard music prodigy who is now homeless and playing a two stringed violin in a park. Lopez is immediately intrigued by Ayers, writes an article about him, gains some notoriety for him, and ultimately tries to help the troubled but … [Read more...] about The Soloist
Inglorious Basterds
This is probably going to sound strange, but given how wild and unpredictable Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” is, it’s everything I thought it would be. I actually imagined that if the director of “Pulp Fiction” and the “Kill Bill” films made a WWII movie, it would turn out something like this. What I mean is, I was not expecting epic battle scenes with thousands of … [Read more...] about Inglorious Basterds
Moon
Most of the time, when the words “Science Fiction” come to mind, we get images in our heads of slimy aliens, starship battles, Wookies, Vulcans, and Light Sabers. But every once in a while a Sci-Fi film comes along that offers more than escapist fantasy. The type of film that bypasses explosions and special effects and instead engages us intellectually and philosophically, a … [Read more...] about Moon
The Hurt Locker
Over the last few years, we have been inundated with movies about the Iraq War; "In the Valley of Elah", "Stop-Loss", and Brian DePalma's atrocious "Redacted", among others. They've been, for the most part, preachy, heavy handed polemics and they all dropped dead at the Box Office. I'm of the opinion that the movie going public just isn't interested in movies about the Iraq … [Read more...] about The Hurt Locker