Film Review: MUD

Written and Directed by Jeff Nichols Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Lye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, Reese Witherspoon, Sam Shephard, Michael Shannon Mud (McConaughey) is a man two young boys come upon when scouting an island for a boat one has spotted in a tree. Ellis...

Wyatt Earp and Me – at the movies

Recently I went on a bit of a kick watching westerns, in particular movies with Wyatt Earp. There are a lot but I limited mine to a total of six movies. In no particular order; Wyatt Earp (1994), Tombstone (1993), Hour Of The Gun (1967), Gunfight at OK Corral...

Wondercon trailer for PACIFIC RIM

Just looking at the footage, and premise, of PACIFIC RIM, I would not be too excited. Sure, monsters and giant robots are fairly cool, but TRANFORMERS IV (or something like that) is about to be inflicted upon us. How many giant robots do we need? But PR is being...

Clip from BEFORE MIDNIGHT

As May 24th draws ever closer, my giddiness at seeing Celine and Jessie again grows. In Before Midnight, we meet Celine (Julie Delphy) and Jesse (Ethan Hawke) 9 years after Before Sunset. In those 9 years, they have stayed together and started a family. Almost 2...

Film Review: THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES

Directed by Derek Cianfrance Written by Derek Cianfrance, Ben Coccio, Darius Marder Starring: Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendes, Bradley Cooper, Rose Byrne, Harris Yulin, Ray Liotta, Dane De Haan, Emory Cohen Cianfrance follows up his terrific film BLUE VALENTINE with THE...