A Film Review By Stefan VlahovFilmmaker Michael Apted, known for The Up Series, is a frustrating director whose films range from horrid (Enough) to quite good (Coal Miner's Daughter) has decided to tackle the relatively unpublicized 19th Century British Transatlantic slave trade with Amazing Grace. Apted is a documentary film veteran and this stoic effort … Continue reading Review: Amazing Grace B+
Month: April 2007
Review: Adam’s Apples B-
A Film Review By Stefan VlahovCracking jokes about the Holocaust, xenophilia, sexual abuse, and other taboo subjects is what writer/director Anders Thomas Jensen does throughout Adam's Apples - the finale of his outsiders trying to fit in trilogy of films that began with Flickering Lights and The Green Butchers. Of course, having seen the two … Continue reading Review: Adam’s Apples B-
Review: The Abandoned C+
A Film Review By Stefan VlahovThe only film to be picked up by a major distribution studio and given a wide release of all eight that were part of the "After Dark Horror Fest", The Abandoned doesn't really live up to the hype. One guesses it was picked as the lesser of the eight evils, … Continue reading Review: The Abandoned C+
Review: 300 B+
A Film Review By Stefan VlahovWhat happens to a young director on the scene whose first film, which just happens to be a remake of an old horror film, garners a lot of critical and box office success? Well to be honest, it's different every time. Sometimes the director decides to go the indie route … Continue reading Review: 300 B+
Year 2007
**** MoviesNone Yet***1/2 MoviesAlpha DogThe Astronaut FarmerGod Grew Tired of UsInto Great SilenceReign Over MeRescue DawnZoo*** Movies140828 Weeks Later300Amazing GraceAway From HerBlack SheepBlack Snake MoanBreachBreaking and EnteringBridge to TerabithiaCatch and ReleaseChalkCivic DutyDisturbiaEveningThe Flying ScotsmanFractureFreedom WritersGolden DoorGrbavicaGrindhouseHairsprayHarry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixThe HoaxThe HostKnocked UpLive Free or Die HardThe LookoutLucky YouMeet the RobinsonsMusic and … Continue reading Year 2007