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  • September 2, 2011

    Mark Ruffalo makes an impressive debut as a director in the very original and fantastical parable Sympathy for Delicious.  Working off of a fearless if slightly messy script by his longtime friend Christopher Thornton (who also stars), Ruffalo has crafted a movie I’m frankly shocked was able to be made.  It’s tackling a lot of different things all at once, while never staking claim to any one corner that would make it an easier sell (though not as high quality a film).  Any flick involving religion walks a dangerous path, but Ruffalo and Thornton manage to turn out a work that will have appeal to believers and non-believers alike (as one of the latter, it was especially noteworthy for me, as religious preaching is the easiest way to turn me off).  Though it may be a little rough around the edges at times, this is still a strangely beautiful work, and one of the better movies of 2011 and announces Ruffalo as the latest actor with a solid career behind the camera to look forward to in the future. Read more on Sympathy for Delicious (***½)…

    August 31, 2011

    The Big Boys

    By Robert Hamer


    And so the summer flies by, and we Oscar prognosticators can steel ourselves for the “real” contenders to roll out over the fall and winter months.  But as we look forward to how this season shapes up, what can we take from this year’s summer slate?  What interesting events happened the last three months as far as the big, massive blockbusters go?

    One trend that is not unusual or noteworthy is the number of sequels and remakes that hit us in that time.  It does amaze me how seemingly every August some pundit will declare “The Summer of Sequels” or some such nonsense as if franchise pictures haven’t plagued the multiplexes at this time every year for the past decade.  True, seven of the ten highest-grossing films of the year domestically were part of franchises (nine of you count The Avengers preludes), but that’s commonplace in this era of shareholder cinema. Read more on Sayonara, Summer!…

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