Archive for the ‘Film reviews’ Category

• May 21, 2012 Film review: Bernie posted in Film reviews tagged 2011, Castle Rock Entertainment, Celine Rattray, david ashley, Dete Meserve, Dick Pope, film, Ginger Sledge, Graham Reynolds, Jack Black, Judd Payne, Liz Glotzer, Mandalay Vision, Martin Shafer, matthew mcconaughey, Millennium Entertainment, movie, review, Richard Linklater, Sandra Adair, Shirley MacLaine, Skip Hollandsworth, Wind Dancer Films
• May 7, 2012 Film review: The Avengers (2012) posted in Film reviews tagged 2012, 3d, adaptation, Alan Silvestri, black widow, captain america, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, clark gregg, Cobie Smulders, comic, comic book, david ashley, film, Gwyneth Paltrow, iron man, Jack Kirby, Jeffrey Ford, jeremy renner, joss whedon, Kevin Feige, Lisa Lassek, loki, mark ruffalo, Marvel, Marvel Studios, movie, natalia romanov, natasha romanov, nick fury, Paul Bettany, review, robert downey jr., s.h.i.e.l.d., samuel l. jackson, scarlett johansson, seamus mcgarvey, shield, stan lee, stark, Stellan Skarsgård, superhero, the avengers, the hulk, thor, Tom Hiddleston, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Zak Penn
• April 16, 2012 Film review: Damsels in Distress posted in Film reviews tagged 13 years, 2011, 4th film, Adam Brody, adorable, american, Analeigh Tipton, Andrew Hafitz, ashley, barcelona, blog, boys, Carrie MacLemore, chris eigemann, coeds, college, collegiate, colors, critic, crush, cute, cuteness, daily complainer, damsels, damsels in distress, dance, dance craze, dancing, dating, david, david ashley, Doug Emmett, dynamic, eigemann, film, flower, flower girls, flowers, fourth, frat, frat boys, girls, greek, greta gerwig, heather, hipster, Hugo Becker, ides of march, intelligent, international dance craze, lily, literary, Liz Glotzer, love, Mark Suozzo, Martin Shafer, Megalyn Echikunwoke, men, metropolitan, movie, music, named, personal, pop, quirky, rainbow, relationship, review, reviewed, roman, rose, Ryan Metcalf, sambola, screened, Sony Pictures Classics, stillman, suicide, suicide prevention, suicide prevention center, tap, tap dancing, the last days of disco, the sambola, university, violet, Violet Wister, Westerly Films, whit, Whit Stillman, women, written by
• April 16, 2012 Film review: Bully posted in Film reviews tagged bully, bullying, Christian Rudder, Cindy Waitt, Cynthia Lowen, david ashley, documentary, Enat Sidi, film, film festival, Ion Furjanic, Jenny Golden, Justin Rice, LA film festival, Lee Hirsch, Lindsay Utz, movie, nc-17, pg-13, rating, review, school, The Bully Project, the weinstein company, tribeca, weinstein, Where We Live Films
• March 26, 2012 Film review: The Raid: Redemption posted in Film reviews tagged 2011, action, apartment, apt, Aria Prayogi, Ario Sagantoro, arts, ashley, asia, asian, beating, block, blog, brutal, building, Celluloid Nightmares, critic, david, david ashley, derelict, Doni Alamsyah, drug lord, drugs, Fajar Yuskemal, film, gangster, gangsters, Gareth Evans, Gareth Huw Evans, Iko Uwais, indonesia, indonesian, insane, jakarta, Joe Taslim, Joseph Trapanese, kicking ass, killer, killers, killing, linkin park, martial, martial arts, Matt Flannery, Mike Shinoda, movie, murder, murdering, new score, Pierre Gruno, police, Pt. Merantau Films, Ray Sahetapy, redemption, review, reviewed, rundown, safe house, salit, score, seige, Serbuan maut, slum, slums, Sony Pictures Classics, Tegar Satrya, the raid, thriller, toronto, trapped, ultra-violent, violence, violent, written by, XYZ Films, Yayan Ruhian
• March 19, 2012 Film review: Jeff, Who Lives at Home posted in Film reviews tagged 2011, blog, brothers, critic, david ashley, duplass, Ed Helms, film, Indian Paintbrush, Jas Shelton, Jason Reitman, Jason Segel, Jay Deuby, jay duplass, jeff, Jeff Brothers Productions, jeff who lives at home, Judy Greer, kevin, Lianne Halfon, mark duplass, Michael Andrews, movie, Mr. Mudd, mumblecore, Paramount Vintage, review, Right of Way Films, Russell Smith, Susan Sarandon, who lives at home
• March 19, 2012 Film review: Footnote posted in Film reviews tagged 2011, a separation, Alisa Rosen, Alma Zak, Amit Poznansky, award, best, best screenplay, cannes, Daniel Markovich, david ashley, David Mandil, Einat Glaser Zarhin, film, footnote, Hearat Shulayim, in competition, israel, israeli, Joseph Cedar, Leon Edery, Lior Ashkenazi, Micah Lewesohn, Moshe Edery, movie, Movie Plus, Nevo Kimchi, Prix du scénario, review, Shlomo Bar Aba, Sony Pictures Classics, United King Films, Westend Films, winner, won, Yaron Scharf, Yuval Scharf
• January 27, 2012 Film review: Albert Nobbs posted in Film reviews tagged 1800s, 1890s, 2011, 2012, Aaron Johnson, acting, actress, actress in a leading role, adaptation, adapted, Alan Moloney, albert, albert nobbs, as, as a man, as man, ashley, award, awards, baby, based on, based on George Moore's novella, best actress, blog, Bonnie Curtis, Brendan Gleeson Maria Doyle Kennedy, Brian Byrne, butler, butlers, child, close, critic, david, david ashley, dress, dressed, dublin, dyke, faking, fooling, Gabriella Prekop, gay, gays, george moore, glenn, glenn close, hotel, ireland, irish, Istvan Szabo (story), Janet McTeer, John Banville, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Julie Lynn, leading role, lesbian, lesbians, love, lovers, lynn johnston, maid, makeup, martial corneville, matthew w. mungle, mia, Mia Wasikowska, Michael McDonough, Mockingbird Pictures, nobbs, nom, nominated, nomination, nominee, novella, oscar, oscars, Parallel Films Productions, pregnant, pretending, review, reviewed, reviewer, Roadside Attractions, rodrigo garcia, screened, screening, servant, servants, short story, Steven Weisberg, supporting, supporting actress, Trillium, valet, valets, woman dressed as man
• January 27, 2012 Film review: A Separation posted in Film reviews tagged 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, a separation, academy awards, AFI FEST, Alzheimer's, Asghar Farhadi, ashley, berlinale, best, best foreign feature, best original screenplay, blog, care, class, classes, conditions, couple, critic, david, david ashley, desperate, desperation, disease, elderly, father, film, film review, foreign, foreign film, foreign language, golden globe, golden globes, green, green revolution, Hayedeh Safiyari, health, home care, Iran, iranian, jafar panahi, JODAEIYE NADER AZ SIMIN, LAFCA, Leila Hatami, lower, lower class, Mahmood Kalari, marriage, married, melbourne, Memento Films, middle class, movie, nader, nader and simin, nomination, nominee, oscar, oscar nom, oscars, Peyman Moaadi, review, reviewed, Sareh Bayat, Sarina Farhadi, Sattar Oraki, screened, screening, screenplay, screens, script, separated, Shahab Hosseini, simin, subtitled, subtitles, termeh, worker, writer, written by
• January 20, 2012 Film review: The Flowers of War posted in Film reviews tagged 13 Flowers of Nanjng, 1937, ashley, Atsuro Watabe, Bai Xue, based on the novel 13 Flowers of Nanjng by Geling Yan, Beijing New Picture Film Co., Bill Kong, blog, brothel, Cao Kefan, Chan Quigang, Chaoying Deng, china, chinese, christian bale, convent, critic, david, david ashley, David Linde, EDKO Film, film, foreign, foreigner, Geling Yan, girls, Han Xiting, historical, hookers, Huang Tianyuan, Jin líng shí san chai, Li Yuemin, Liu Heng, massacre, Meng Peicong, movie, nanjin, nanjing, nanjing massacre, nanking, New Picture Company, New Pictures Film Corp., Ni Ni, paul schneider, priest, prostitutes, rape, rape of nanjing, rape of nanking, review, reviewed, Row 1 Productions, screened, screening, Shigeo Kobayashi, subtitled, subtitles, Sun Jai, Takashi Yamanaka, the flowers of war, Tong Dawai, westerner, Wrekin Hill Entertainment, Yangyang Chunzi, Zhang Doudou, Zhang Weiping, Zhang Xinyi, Zhang Yimou, Zhao Xiaoding