Here they are, the best films of 2012–a personal list. 1. Zero Dark Thirty The film begins in complete darkness and all we hear are disturbing distress calls from the September 11 attacks, the capture of Osama bin Laden is still fresh in our minds, but our memories from over a decade ago instantly […]
Documentary Film Review: The Iran Job (Dir. Till Schauder 2012)
In director Till Schauder’s documentary, The Iran Job, American basketball player Kevin Sheppard travels to Iran in 2008 and joins the Iranian Super League, Iran’s equivalent to America’s National Basketball Association. Although Kevin’s professional career has been spent overseas playing in countries such as Brazil, Venezuela, Spain, China and Israel, living in Iran initially makes […]
Film Rant: Hide Away (Dir. Chris Eyre 2011)
Hide Away is the simple story of a man who buys an old ship and fixes it. Even the main characters are simply named the Young Mariner (Josh Lucas), The Ancient Mariner (James Cromwell), and The Waitress (Ayelet Zuerer). The movie is not so much concerned with complicated plot lines as it is with the […]
Film Rant: Romeo and Juliet In Yiddish (Dir. Eve Annenberg 2011)
According to Wikipedia, mumblecore is a term used to describe American independent films produced in the 2000s characterized by low budget production values and amateur actors. Those looking for an example of the genre need not look any further as “amateur” can certainly be used to describe this particular interpretation of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy. Everything […]
Russell Espinosa’s “Best in Film”, 2011
Russell’s “Best in Film” 2011 1. The Descendants When Sideways came out in 2004 I must have gone out to see it in theaters at least three times. It wasn’t The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, or Batman and so it was a mystery to everyone including myself as to why I […]