Archive for the ‘critic’ Tag

• 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
• 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
• February 26, 2012 2012 Oscars posted in Criticism tagged 2012, a separation, academy, academy awards, academy awards 2012, actor, actor in a leading role, actor in a supporting role, actress, actress in a leading role, actress in a supporting role, adapted, albert nobbs, alberto iglesias, alexander payne, animated, animated feature film, anne-sophie bion, anonymous, art direction, Asghar Farhadi, ashley, award, awards, Bérénice Bejo, beginners, best, best actor, best actress, best director, best foreign feature, best original screenplay, best picture, blog, blogging, brad pitt, bridesmaids, Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan, bullhead, by, chicago, chico & rita, christopher plummer, christopher tellefsen, cinematography, costume design, critic, david, Demián Bichir, directing, director, documentary, drive, extremely loud & incredibly close, fassbender, feature, film, film editing, filmmaker, films, footnote, gary oldman, george clooney, glenn close, howard shore, hugo, in darkness, j.c. chandor, jane eyre, jean dujardin, jessica chastain, joe berlinger, John Logan, John Williams, leading role, live, live action, live-blogging, liveblogging, makeup, margin call, martin scorsese, meryl streep, michael, michael fassbender, midnight in paris, moneyball, movie, movies, my week with marilyn, nick nolte, Octavia Spencer, original, original score, original song, oscar, oscars, picture, rango, real in rio, real steel, reporting, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, saving face, score, screenplay, short, short film, song, sound editing, sound mixing, Steven Zaillian, supporting, supporting actor, supporting actress, supporting role, swinton, terrence malick, the artist, the descendants, the descendents, the help, the tree of life, undefeated, w.e., woody allen, writer, writing
• February 1, 2012 Daily notes 2012-02 posted in Daily notes tagged 1994, 2002, 2010, 2011, 2012, a study in pink, academy, academy awards, andrew scott, ashley, awards, barton fink, bbc, benedict, benedict cumberbatch, blanc, blog, britian, british, brothers, bruce robinson, cannes, critic, cumberbatch, currently, currently watching, daily notes, dardenne, david, david ashley, docu, documentary, earth liberation front, eco, eco terrorism, eco terrorists, ELF, film, giovanni ribisi, holmes, horse, hunter s. thompson, if a tree falls, jacob wysocki, jean-pierre, jim, jim moriarty, john c. reilly, julie delpy, just finished, kieslowski, krzysztof kieslowski, luc, Mark Gatiss, marshall curry, Martin Freeman, monte hellman, moriarty, movie, mycroft, oscar, oscar investigations, oscar nominated, oscars, racing dreams, review, richard jenkins, road to nowhere, roman polanski, sentimental, serial, series, sherlock, sherlock holmes, show, spielberg, Steven Moffat, television, terri, the blind banker, the kid with a bike, the pianist, the rum diary, three colors, trilogy, Trois Couleurs, tv, uk, united kingdom, war, war horse, watching, white, WWI
• 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 26, 2012 Seeking Producer for feature film posted in Films tagged 2011, a private investigation, absurd, absurdity, ashley, boston, cinema, college, critic, dave ashley, david, david ashley, detective, director, elusive woman, emerson, emerson college, feature, film, film producer, film production, fun, funny, independent, indie, indy, low budget, midwest, milwaukee, movie, noir, producer, production, quest, screenwriter, screenwriting, script, search, seeking, ultra low budget, wisconsin, writer
• 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
• January 13, 2012 Film review: Carnage posted in Film reviews tagged adaptation, adapted, africa, Alexandre Desplat, argument, ashley, battle, blog, broadway, bully, carnage, child, children, Christoph Waltz, Constantin Film Produktion, couples, cowan, critic, david, david ashley, debate, disfigured, families, family, father, fight, film, france, french, gang, god of carnage, Hervé de Luze, husband, jodie foster, john c. reilly, Kate Winslet, longstreet, man, Martin Moszkowicz, massacre, mother, movie, nancy, Oliver Berben, parent, parents, Paweł Edelman, penelope, play, review, revieweds, roman polanski, rwanda, Saïd Ben Saïd, SBS Productions, school, screen, screened, screening, SPI Poland, stage, violence, violent, wife, woma, writer, written by, Yasmina Reza