Wednesday, August 31, 2011

The Adjustment Bureau ***


Director: George Nolfi
Year: 2011
Short story "Adjustment Team" by: Philip K. Dick
Adapted by: George Nolfi
Cinematographer: John Toll
Editor: Jay Rabinowitz

Pretty enjoyable film. Another example of the magic negro.

The Freebie ***


Director: Kate Aselton
Year: 2010
No writer's credit due to heavy improvisation?
Cinematographer: Benjamin Kasulke

Compelling lo-budget drama, but I'm not that big a fan of heavy improvisation, or of Dax Shepard's face. Plus, I find it a little unbelievable that these otherwise intelligent characters would really come to decide to try such an obviously bad idea.

Malcolm X ****


Director: Spike Lee
Year: 1992
Book by: Malcolm X, Alex Haley
Adapted by: Spike Lee, Arnold Perl
Cinematographer: Ernest R. Dickerson

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Source Code ****


Director: Duncan Jones
Year: 2011
Writer: Ben Ripley
Cinematographer: Don Burgess

Friday, August 19, 2011

Super 8 ***


Writer/Director: J. J. Abrams
Year:2011
Cinematographer: Larry Fong

An alright movie, but just no where near as tight or memorable as those great Spielberg movies, Jaws, Jurassic Park, E.T. , Close Encounters of the Third Kind, etc.

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Win Win ****

Director: Thomas McCarthy
Year: 2011
Writers: Thomas McCarthy, Joe Tiboni
Cinematographer: Oliver Bokelberg

Great little drama, not at all predictable, spot-on acting. I really liked this movie.