All posts by Brian McNamara
Harmonious performances right on key
A Late Quartet Director: Yaron Zilberman Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Mark Ivanir, Christopher Walken Being part of a team requires that we repress at least a part of our individual instinct—that we subjugate some part of ourselves in ... Read More »
Master of Performances
The Master Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams The Master is a film about many things, such as the power of thought to capture a disillusioned society after war and the re-acclimatization of soldiers ... Read More »
Binders full of excellence
November is a sharply-written play by David Mamet that examines the inner workings of American politics through the final days of a lame-duck president. Its great cast and hysterical one-liners are slightly reduced by a script that doesn’t delve as ... Read More »
Alex Cross a shaky detective story
Director: Rob Cohen Starring: Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Edward Burns, Rachel Nichols Often, when a piece of popular culture is adapted into a film, the most significant factor working against its success is the very fact that it is ... Read More »
Resurrecting Burton’s Classic Style
Director: Tim Burton Starring: Charlie Tahan, Catherine O’Hara, Martin Landau Frankenweenie is a wonderfully creative animated film directed by Tim Burton. The film is based on a 30-minute short film of the same name that Burton directed for Disney in ... Read More »
Evil continues its residency
Resident Evil: Retribution Director: Paul W.S. Anderson Starring: Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory and Michelle Rodriguez Resident Evil: Retribution is the fifth installment in a film series originally based on a popular video game series produced by Capcom. The short ... Read More »
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