Cleopatra Review
The glorious epic attempts to digest too many pivotal events in its purview, far too frequently using the incredible set design to replace elements of a coherent story.
Category Archives: Drama
The Great Escape (1963) Review
Snippy prisoners are artisans of escape, playfully coy about their determination toward Nazi captors, a set-up for cinematic greatness by those who lived it. Strap a baseball loving Steve McQueen into the tale, hijacking...
The Impossible Review
This is stunning cinematic work.
The Verdict Review
A superior legal drama that reveals more about the human condition in one of its scenes than most other movies can say in two hours.
Beautiful Creatures Review
Twilight movies are high art compared to the final results seen in Beautiful Creatures.
Viva Zapata! Review
Brought to life by Marlon Brando in a performance that would have won the OSCAR for a lesser actor, Viva Zapata! is the story of Emiliano Zapata, the legendary Mexican revolutionary. Noted director Elia Kazan works off a...
Brubaker Review
Brubaker is more hit than miss on the whole, but leans heavily on Redford's performance as a crusading reformer instead of a compelling story arc.
Silver Linings Playbook Review
Silver Linings plays to its oddball strengths, keeping itself propped on its highs, rarely celebrating the lows.
K-11 Review
Beverly Hills music producer Raymond Saxx (Goran Visnjic) wakes up in a drug-induced haze inside a jail, with little memory of how he got there or why he has been incarcerated. A mistake in his processing occurs and he i...
Gangster Squad Review
It is more a set-up for a TV comedy than serious drama, so over produced and glossy as to reject any sensibility of authenticity.
Fresh (1994) Review
A peering lens into somber aspects of society, Fresh stands as a rich character study.
Django Unchained Review
Unchained finds bodies in piles, and via its own means, out of necessity.
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