"Freedom is life's great lie." --- Loki of Asgard. Swift shot: This was the best film I have reviewed since claiming the Rick Swift title! When you were a little kid dreaming of making a film, The Avengers is the film you were dreaming about making. Joss Whedon has again done the incredible on film, bringing together some of the strongest, or … [Read more...] about The Avengers
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The Five Year Engagement
Sometimes you just gotta take a bite. Swift shot: Predictably silly, romantic comedy, heavier on the romance than the comedy - but still worth a halfhearted bite or two. Jason Segel co-wrote the screenplay with his The Muppets friend Nicholas Stoller. Starring his favorite actor, himself, Segel works opposite the incredibly sophisticated, classy yet charmingly goofy … [Read more...] about The Five Year Engagement
Restless
A collage of “Indie” clichés. The H-Bomb: Enoch (Henry Hopper) is your basic indie film protagonist; a sensitive young man with a tragic family history who’s lost and directionless and full of angst, yada, yada, yada. He’s in between schools for reasons we’re told late in the film (not that it really matters) and his favorite past times include crashing the funerals … [Read more...] about Restless
Damsels in Distress
Click here for our exclusive sit-down with the Dancing Damsel herself, Greta Gerwig! Damsels in Distress makes the long waited, and somewhat anticipated return of Whit Stillman to writing/directing. The last time he made a film was 1998’s The Last Days of Disco. Stillman has always been known for his, pardon the pun, witty writing style and character development; and Damsels … [Read more...] about Damsels in Distress
In the Land of Blood and Honey
"The world is watching." Swift shot: Tragic, compelling and sensually intense. This is Angelina Jolie's directorial debut; she wrote, directed and produced In the Land of Blood and Honey as a wake-up call for all of us to remember the horrors of war and to never be complacent with atrocities. Real people suffered in the 90's in war-torn Eastern Europe, and there … [Read more...] about In the Land of Blood and Honey
