A Film Review By Stefan VlahovAuteur Michel Gondry's follow-up to the strangely effective The Science of Sleep is the similarly well-meaning, but less enjoyable Be Kind Rewind. In it Elroy (Danny Glover), a video-store owner will go out of business because store employee Jerry's (Jack Black) brain has become magnetized and has ruined all the … Continue reading Review: Be Kind Rewind C+
Month: June 2008
Review: The Bank Job B
A Film Review By Stefan VlahovDirector Roger Donaldson's follow-up to his touching masterpiece The World's Fastest Indian is the quick, dirty, and therefore appropriately named heist thriller The Bank Job. It is a film based on an infamous heist-gone-wrong in 1971 in which Terry (Jason Statham), a small-time scammer is offered the job of a … Continue reading Review: The Bank Job B
Review: Baby Mama C
A Film Review By Stefan VlahovWhile I am not a Tina Fey fanboy, I can say that I hoped this film would do her talent and exuberance justice. My hopes were crushed early on in Baby Mama when Fey's character Kate gets an explanation as to why her chance to get pregnant is one in … Continue reading Review: Baby Mama C
Review: America the Beautiful C
A Film Review By Stefan VlahovDocumentary filmmaker Darryl Roberts explores the danger of America's obsession of beauty in the cleverly-titled America the Beautiful. The filmmaker, and therefore the film argues that our obsession with beauty has endangered young women's well-being and has created an unstoppable and hazardous health risk in that age group. Native Chicagoan … Continue reading Review: America the Beautiful C