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Django: Life, Liberty and The Pursuit of Vengeance
“The badder they are, the bigger the reward” NO SPOILERS The trailer for the revenge western Django Unchained views as another Quentin Tarantino classic, with all the cinematic trademarks that have...
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Making the Case For…Dwight Henry
Praise is due when praise is deserved. The only performance that brought me to tears this year–and I’m a big crier–was Dwight Henry in Beasts of the Southern Wild. Henry makes the character of Wink...
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Les Miz
Les Miserables is an overwhelming spectacle. It is ambitious in its loyalty to the source material, the use of recitative and the mixture of established Broadway professionals with Hollywood amateurs....
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There’s a right way, a wrong way and the Army way
“The battle ground is your barracks” If I consider joining the armed forces, there’s a particular court ruling I need to accept—rape is an “occupational hazard” of the job. The Department of Defense...
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ZD30–An Unpopular Opinion
“Can I be honest with you? I am bad fucking news. I’m not your friend. I’m not going to help you. I’m going to break you. Any questions?” Depicting one of the greatest manhunts of all time a decade in...
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War in Movies: World War I
Since I’ve pretty much exhausted all the mythology-related movies I’m familiar with (or at least the ones worth talking about), Courtney and I will now embark on a new blog series: WAR IN MOVIES!...
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“Mama” feels like a cheap Del Toro knock-off
The latest offering from Spanish filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro follows two feral little girls, abandoned in the woods with none but the mysterious “Mama” to watch over them for five years. When they...
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I love Mandy Lane too!
For the past few months, I have been pondering the question: Why do I watch so many horror movies? I can’t attribute my interest to any of the explanations Piece of Cape offers up: the thrill rush,...
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How to Survive a Plague
“This isn’t a movie about what AIDS did to us. This is a movie about what we did to AIDS.” It’s year six of the AIDS epidemic, 1987 in Greenwich Village, NYC. With no medical innovations to treat the...
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Top 10 of 2012
After watching many films in theaters and on Netflix, I’ve finally compiled what I consider the top tier of 2012. Two foreign films, one documentary, a few Oscar nominees and some incredible snubs of...
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World Without End – Wonderful and Terrible in Equal Measure
Pillars of the Earth was a bestselling novel by Ken Follett, published in 1989. I read it a few years ago, and it was a truly epic undertaking; probably close to a thousand pages. It bucked...
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Top 10 Dance Scenes in Movies
It’s always entertaining to watch a movie with a dance sequence. Whether it’s a musical or non-musical, expected or unexpected, these dance scenes can sometimes be the most memorable (or only...
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Anticipating the Great Gatsby
With the recent release of the third Gatsby trailer, the anticipation for director Baz Luhrmann’s recreation of the F.Scott Fitzgerald classic is mounting. The trailer gives a more in-depth look at...
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Two Important Scenes Deleted From Alien (1979)
Dear Sci-Fi nerd nation, apparently my Alien knowledge is less substantial than I thought. The film is edited with extreme precision, and that’s without question or hesitation when you watch the...
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The Place Beyond the Pines
“Not since Hall and Oates has there been such a team.” If you ride like lightening, you’ll crash like thunder. With as much speed and adrenaline as handsome Luke’s motor riding, The Place Beyond the...
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In Defense of Baz Luhrmann’s Great Gatsby
“The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.” As a novel deemed incapable of translating onto screen,...
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Newsworthy: Copperhead
As the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War approaches this summer, director Ronald F. Maxwell’s fascination with this tumultuous period of American history continues with Copperhead. Following...
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This is the End
“Emma Watson showed up–Hermione just stole all of our shit!” For a film that took years in the making to have all schedules open and synced, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, James Franco, Danny...
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Welcome to The Bling Ring Generation
“What did Lindsay say?” Before Hollywood discovered the benefit of locking their doors when leaving town, a group of gutsy, celebrity-obsessed high schoolers ransacked the homes of Paris Hilton,...
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A Closer Look At Spring Breakers
“I’m starting to think this is the most spiritual place I’ve ever been” “Tonight was one of the most amazing nights I’ve ever had. Our film got a standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival! I...
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