Archive for the ‘critic’ Tag

• December 21, 2011 Film review: Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol posted in Film reviews tagged 2011, 4, 4th, Andre Nemec, Anil Kapoor, apple, ashley, assassin, Bad Robot, based on the television series created by Bruce Geller, biggest, blog, Brad Bird, Bryan Burk, building, Burj Khalifa, cold war, critic, david ashley, davida, dubai, espionage, film, FilmWorks, fourth, ghost protocol, impossible, in the world, india, indian, ipad, iphone, j.j. abrams, jeremy renner, Josh Appelbaum, Josh Holloway, kremlin, launch codes, Lea Seydoux, mac, Michael Giacchino, Michel Nyqvist, mission, mission impossible, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, moscow, movie, mumbai, nuclear, nuclear weapon, nuclear weapons, nuke, Paramount Pictures, paul hirsch, Paula Patton, product placement, review, reviewed, Robert Elswit, russia, russian, scaling, screened, screening, secret, side of building, Simon Pegg, Skydance Pictures, spy, Stillking Films, tallest, TC Productions, threat, Tom Cruise, tom wilkinson, Vladimir Mashkov
• November 10, 2011 Daily notes 2011-12/11 posted in Daily notes tagged 11, 11-11-11, 1980's, 2002, 2011, 80's, ashley, beat, blog, cannes, casey affleck, chicago, chinatown, commentary, critic, currently, currently watching, daily notes, david, david ashley, desert, downtown 81, fellowship of the ring, film, friends, gerry2, gus van sant, heavenly creatures, jean-michel basquiat, king kong, lord of the rings, lost, martha marcy may marlene, matt damon, movie, new york, new york city, new zealand, no wave, paramount, peter jackson, re-watching, return of the king, review, sean durkin, sean penn, terrence malick, the tree of life, this is spinal tap
• October 1, 2011 Film review: Mysteries of Lisbon (MFF 2011) posted in Film reviews tagged 2009, 2010, 2011, 272 minutes, Adriano Luz, Albano Jeronimo, american, André Szankowski, ashley, awards, blog, brazil, Carlos Madaleno, Carlos Saboga, Carloto Cotta, clap filmes, Clotilde Hesme, critic, david, david ashley, dead, death, director, drama, festival, Filipe Vargas, film, film festival, final, foreign, france, golden globes, italy, Joao Baptista, Jorge Arriagada, Jose Afonso Pimentel, last film, late, Lea Seydoux, life, lisbon, long, Luís Freitas Branco, Maria João Bastos, Melvil Poupaud, mff, mff 2011, Miguel Monteiro, Milwaukee film festival, milwaukee film festival 2011, Mistérios de Lisboa, movie, music box films, mysteries of lisbon, mystery, Os Mistérios de Lisboa by Camilo Castelo Branco, over four hours, passed away, Paulo Branco, portugal, portuguese, proust, Raúl Ruiz, recently, review, reviewed, Ricardo Pereira, screening, time regained, Valeria Sarmiento, writer, written by
• September 25, 2011 Film review: The Dish and the Spoon (MFF 2011) posted in Film reviews tagged 2009, 2010, 2011, adam rothenberg, alison bagnall, amy seimetz, andrew lewis, ashley, atlantic, blog, breakdown, british, buffalo '66, cheating, cinema, coast, crisis, critic, cute, darrin navarro, david, david ashley, debut, drama, driving, eleonore hendricks, Emerging Visions, english, film, film festival, greta gerwig, humble pictures, husband, independent, indie, indy, infidelity, Lake Effect Media Group, mark schwartzbard, mff, mff 2011, Milwaukee film festival, misfit, movi, movie, mumblecore, olly alexander, peter gilbert, piggie, quirky, review, rose, screenwriter, south by southwest, stephanie vinopal, submarine, SXSW, taylor williams, the dish & the spoon, the dish and the spoon, uk, united kingdom, vincent gallo, writer, written by
• September 24, 2011 Film review: Tuesday, After Christmas (MFF 2011) posted in Film reviews tagged 20's, 2009, 2010, 2010 cannes film festival, 2011, 26, 4 months 3 weeks 2 days, affair, After Christmas, Alexandru Baciu, Alexandru Radu, Alma Cazacu, ashley, blog, cannes, cheat, cheater, cheating, critic, david ashley, davida, Dragoş Bucur, Dragoş Vilcu, DUPĂ CRĂCIUN, film, golden owl, hanganu, husband, Lorber Films, love, Maria Popistasu, marriage, MARŢI, mff, Milwaukee film festival, milwaukee film festival 2011, Mimi Brănescu, Mirela Oprisor, mistress, movie, Multi Media Est, Radu Muntean, review, reviewed, revieweds, romania, romanian new wave, Răzvan Rădulescu, screened, Tudor Lucaciu, Tuesday, un certain regard, Victor Rebengiuc, wife, written by
• July 22, 2011 Film review: Life, Above All posted in Film reviews tagged 2004, 2010, 83rd academy awards, above all, adaptation, african, aids, ali n. askin, allan stratton, analysis, bernhard jasper, best foreign language film, blog, chandra's secrets, critic, Daniela Ramin, david ashley, death, dennis foon, dick grau, disease, drama, film, Greig Buckle, Harriet Lenabe, Helge Sasse, ian osrin, Keaobaka Makanyane, Khomotso Manyaka, Lerato Mvelase, life, Martin Hämer, movie, novel, oliver schmitz, Oliver Stoltz, review, reviewed, screened, Sony Pictures Classics, south africa, Thomas Reisser, un certain regard
• April 20, 2011 Film review: In a Better World posted in Film reviews tagged 2010, academy, academy award, american beauty, Anders Thomas Jensen, ashley, award, best, best foreign film, best foreign language film, blog, critic, danish, david, david ashley, denmark, film, foreign, foreign language, in a better world, Johan Söderqvist, language, lars von trier, Markus Rygaard, Mikael Persbrandt, moral, morality, morals, Morten Egholm, Morten Søborg, movie, Nordisk Film, oscar, oscars, Pernille Bech Christensen, review, reviewed, screen, screened, screening, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Susanne bier, Trine Dyrholm, Ulrich Thomsen, violence, William Jøhnk Nielsen, winner, world, written by, written by David Ashley, zentropa
• April 1, 2011 Film review: Source Code posted in Film reviews tagged 2011, 8 minutes, ashley, ben ripley, blog, blows up, bomb, captain, chris bacon, chris p. bacon, colter, critic, david, david ashley, derailed, don burgess, duncan jones, eight minutes, explosion, film, girl, jake gyllenhaal, jeffrey wright, jordan wynn, mark gordon, memories, memory, michelle monaghan, mission, movie, on a train, paul hirsch, philippe rousselet, pilot, review, reviewed, russell peters, screen, screened, screening, source code, stevens, strangers on a train, summit entertainment, the mark gordon company, thriller, train, unstoppable, Vendome Pictures, vera farmiga, written by
• March 18, 2011 Film review: The Lincoln Lawyer posted in Film reviews tagged 2011, adaptation, adapted, ashley, based off, based on, best seller, bestseller, blog, bob gunton, book, brad furman, bryan cranston, cliff martinez, court, courtroom, critic, david, david ashley, drama, film, frances fisher, gary lucchesi, haller, harry bosch, hooker, Jeff McEvoy, john frizzell, john leguizamo, john romano, josh lucas, justice, lakeshore entertainment, law, lawyer, lincoln, lincoln lawyer, lionsgate, lukas ettlin, marisa tomei, matthew mcconaughey, michael connelly, michael haller, michael pena, mickey haller, movie, murder, murdered, murderer, mystery, novel, Peña, PRODUCED BY, prostitute, reviewed, richard wright, ryan philippe, scott steindorff, screened, sidney kimmel, ske entertainment, street, suspense, the lincoln lawyer, thriller, tom rosenberg, william h. macy
• December 31, 2010 Film review: Casino Jack posted in Film reviews tagged 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, adam swica, alcohol, american, an olive branch productions, art takes over, Art Takes Over/Samuel Goldwyn Films, ashley, ato, barry pepper, blog, bob ney, capitalism, capitalist, casino, casino jack, christian campbell, comedy, conspiracy, conspired, corrupt, corruption, critic, criticule, cynical, d.c., daniel kash, david, david ashley, dc, dead, death, defraud, defrauded, defrauding, died, edie sedgwick, emily miller, factory girl, film, George Hickenklooper, george hickenlooper, george vietzakis, gifts, gimme five, graham greene, grover norquist, guilty, I work out every day, indian, jack abramoff, jeffrey r. smith, jon lovitz, jonathan goldsmith, kelly preston, kevin spacey, lobbying, lobbyist, maury chaykin, michael scanlon, mississippi choctaw, mofos, movie, native american, norman snider, ODed, overdosed, parody, pled, poetaster, prison, Rachelle Lefevre, ralph reed, rep., review, reviewed, rollercoaster entertainment, ruth marshall, samuel goldwyn films, satire, scandal, screened, sentence, sleep, spencer garrett, superlobbyist, tax evasion, tribe, tribes, troglodites, vortex words pictures, washington d.c., william steinkamp, written by David Ashley, yannick bisson