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<i>Promised Land</i> review

Promised Land review

Tackle a big, topical, contemporary issue in a film and you’ll find that making a statement can sometimes come at the expense of telling a good story. There should never be a fine line between a [...]

<i>Not Fade Away</i> review

Not Fade Away review

Years ago, a radio consultant did a demographic study and determined that people, especially men, always tend to go back to the music they listened to between the ages of sixteen and twenty. It makes some [...]

<i>The Guilt Trip</i> review

The Guilt Trip review

How would you like to see “Bar Mitzvah Boys,” starring Ben Stiller, Seth Rogen, Jack Black and Adam Sandler? That’s the question I ask my Introduction to Screenwriting students to gauge their reaction — how many [...]

<i>Lincoln</i> review

Lincoln review

Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln is most alive when dead people are on screen. The film opens with a gory, brutally violent battle scene reminiscent of the visceral, unforgettable D-day sequence Spielberg presented in Saving Private Ryan. Near [...]

SINedelphia 2012: Sometimes Dead Is Better – Revisiting <i>Pet Sematary</i>

SINedelphia 2012: Sometimes Dead Is Better – Revisiting Pet Sematary

In 1988, I was 23, a year out of film school, fresh from my first job on a feature film and, with one day off in between, about to start work on a second feature. The [...]

<i>The Apparition</i> review

The Apparition review

At the center of the scenario in The Apparition is an experiment that unleashes a power hungry spirit into our world. In fact, the film itself seems to be a technical experiment in genre filmmaking more [...]

<i>The Watch</i> review

The Watch review

Look, it’s summer, it’s hot and we just need to chill out. Like the person who invented iced tea and swimming pools, whoever invented the concept of the Summer Movie just got it, just knew that, [...]

<i>Magic Mike</i> review

Magic Mike review

Much like the characters in the world it depicts, Magic Mike is ultimately pretty shallow, and meaningless.  This is, of course, not to say that people who are shallow and lacking meaning in their lives are [...]