Author Archives: reynolds

No surprise, but an actively-ugly and uninteresting film. But then, amidst the other British actors buying their vacation homes, BOOM! Edgar Ramirez pops up. Carlos the Jackal plays Ares, God of War! Alas, aside from me thinking that was so … Continue reading →

Saw 2 films I thought I’d shout about here.

Toward the end of Cristi Puiu’s Aurora the always unsettled and increasingly unsettling Viorel (played by Puiu) lopes into one of his daughter’s classes, disrupting a party rehearsal. He grabs her, to get her to leave with him, and in … Continue reading →

Hokum. Lots of good actors, but c’mon. Hokum. If you’re going to watch one rousing hurt-men-using-fighting-to-heal from 2011, watch Real Steel, which relishes its loony cliches. That said, I would happily watch another film, without mixed martial arts, that let … Continue reading →

As in “lean,” as well as “enumerate”–I have missed quite a few potentially worthy films, besides not yet having access to a bunch of others. But, still: ’tis the season. Great filmgoing (or dvdviewing) experiences of the year:

I had a little, happening to start what I expected to be 6 or 7 minutes of channelsurfing before opting for a book–and saw that HBO ran an early premiere of the new Milch/Mann track show. Full of hambone outsized … Continue reading →

There is a new French action film. This is a category not unlike healthy fast food or Republican historian. It stars a guy with Barney Rubble eyes. His wife gets kidnapped, and there is a lot of running around. People … Continue reading →

So, Hong Kong is a long damn way from Saint Paul. I can never sleep on these flights, maybe grabbing 15 or 25 minutes here and there, although such dozes were made impossible by the barking snores–like a rhino, startled … Continue reading →