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A Claustrophobic Tone Poem - By Richard Jack Smith

To me, the premise lying in wait for those who watch Right at Your Door feels so poorly set up there can be no rewind. This claustrophobic tone poem works on our collective fears with hair-lice efficiency. Curveballs are thrown our way,...

Nobody's Perfect - By Betty Jo Tucker

While watching The English Teacher I couldn�t help thinking how boring it would be if everyone were perfect. This amusing comedy features a host of flawed characters -- and the one with the most faults just happens to be our heroine, a 40-year-old unmarried high school English...

Like a Good Neighbor - By Donald Levit

State 194 bears some resemblance to 2012 The Island President. Both documentaries are one-sided in favor of their subjects, and each concerns topics so current that except by means of end-text add-ons its release form is unable to keep up with the divestiture of that...

Dangling Over the Threshold - By Richard Jack Smith

Jerry Goldsmith becomes the invisible conductor, a behind-the-scenes, intuitive artist who can shake the complacency out of any roll-the-dice spectacle. Take Executive Decision for example. This composer finds comfort in the agitated rhythm. There are two spots approaching...

Torrential Inspiration - By Richard Jack Smith

Sorcerer could be a product of the 1960s. William Friedkin's film eagerly courts the psychedelic atmosphere of that time with a pungent soundtrack by Tangerine Dream and a main title that feels sprayed across the frame like...

Gatsby Offers Highs and Lows - By Diana Saenger

My, how time changes things! That was my first impression of director, producer, co-writer Baz Luhrmann�s The Great Gatsby after watching the first 25 minutes of his new movie and sitting thorough an extravagant scene of a party at the pretentious mansion owned by Jay...

Come Along for this Enjoyable Ride - By Frank Wilkins

Writer/director Jeff Nichols� love of Mark Twain shines brightly through every frame of his latest film called Mud, the story of a young boy�s coming of age in Southeastern Arkansas� sultry delta region. While the film�s river setting, its teenage protagonists, and strong sense...

Sister Act at Deuce - By Donald Levit

Television and its money have worked wonders to raise sportswomen�s recognition and rewards nowhere more than in tennis. Co-directors/-producers Maiken Baird and Michelle Major�s Venus and Serena is an up-close and personal look at the title siblings who have made millions...

High Noon Meets Raw Deal - By Richard Jack Smith

With The Last Stand, director Jee-woon Kim contrives an action thriller which does everything wrong for the entire length of its running time. Arnold Schwarzenegger has played the "small town sheriff" before in Raw Deal. This time he faces Peter Stormare and an array...

On the Run - By Betty Jo Tucker

Teenagers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but those annoying stereotypes that can ruin a film. The latest case in point? Erased, a thriller starring Aaron Eckhart as an ex-CIA agent on the run with his estranged teenage daughter, played by Liana Liberato....