Review: Fast & Furious 6
“Fast & Furious 6 is dumb, but we asked for it.”
Review: Fast & Furious 6“Fast & Furious 6 is dumb, but we asked for it.”
Cannes Review: Only God ForgivesFred Topel says Nicolas Winding Refn’s second collaboration with Ryan Gosling “squanders the potential and good will of Drive.”
Cannes Film Festival Recap: Days 4-6Fred Topel reviews Monsoon Shootout, Borgman, Wara No Tate, Blind Detective and Seduced and Abandoned.
Blu-ray Review: Band of OutsidersJean-Luc Godard’s classic, now on Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection, is fun and free and Bohemian and frustrating and brainy and difficult.
Cannes Review: Inside Llewyn Davis“The Coen Brothers have done it again… is what I would say if it weren’t a cliché.”
Cannes Review: Jodorowsky’s DuneA documentary about Alejandro Jodorowsky’s unproduced adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune that “cinephiles should get a kick out of.”
Cannes Film Festival Recap: Day 3Fred Topel reviews Asghar Farhadi’s The Past, Roberto Minervini’s Stop the Pounding Heart and Valeria Golino’s Miele.
Review: Frances Ha“My distaste for Frances Ha will be legendary.”
Cannes Film Festival Recap: Days 1-2Fred Topel reviews Heli, Jeune et Jolie and Fruitvale Station at the Cannes Film Festival.
Cannes Review: Return to Nuke ‘Em High: Volume 1“I really love that I saw a rich girl dance with a duck.”
Cannes Review: The Bling RingFred Topel calls Sofia Coppola’s Bling Ring “a fun ride in a train wreck sort of way.”
Review: Star Trek Into Darkness“Star Trek Into Darkness is one of the worst films in this long-running franchise.”
Second Opinion: Star Trek Into Darkness“I loved Star Trek Into Darkness for precisely the reasons people are likely to hate it.”
Blu-Ray Review: Shanghai Noon & Shanghai Knights: 2-Movie Collection“Shanghai Noon was the first American movie to really understand Jackie Chan.”
Review: What Maisie Knew“What Maisie Knew could make you angry, or open up old wounds, but in the best possible way.”
Review: Oconomowoc“Warning: The word ‘quirky’ is going to be used a lot in my review of Oconomowoc.”
Blu-Ray Review: Star Trek: The Next Generation – Best of Both WorldsParamount has released the classic two-part episode as a single motion picture. But can this 20-year-old TV show work as a feature…?
Second Opinion: Iron Man 3“Iron Man 3 is actually a mediocre experience.”
Blu-Ray Review: Funny Girl“Funny Girl is Barbra Streisand’s Jackie Chan movie.”
Review: MudJeff Nichols’ new film Mud is a stirring boy’s adventure that is two parts David Gordon Green, one part Tom Sawyer.
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