Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Imperfections is a movie that plays within the conventions of the heist film in just the right ways, while avoiding the clichés and pitfalls of the genre with the precision of a professional minesweeper. Indeed, director David Singer’s maiden voyage shows a bright future for the stories he’ll choose to tell, because Imperfections sparkles. Set in Chicago, the plot follows Cassidy, a down-on-her-luck actress who finds herself jobless. Luckily, the man her mother is seeing offers her a position at…
Granny of the Dead is a movie that tries to be a jack of all trades, and still succeeds at being a master of all of them. Truly the ultimate zombie comedy flick, Granny of the Dead opens on a familiar note played in a different key; the zombie apocalypse still happens as an infection, but it’s started by the elderly. This opens up the comedic arsenal the writers utilize in the script, making way for big laughs by the…
It should come as no surprise to anyone that Urban Hymn, as directed by Michael Caton-Jones (This Boy’s Life, The Jackal), moves the viewer to the beat of its own song. Part social commentary and part criticism, Urban Hymn is as important as it is gripping: a landmark success in a world seemingly teeming with Oscar-bait entrees. The narrative arc follows Jamie, a troubled English teen who’s been dealt a bad hand with no better luck in sight. That is,…