A Single Shot (2013)

by Sara Michelle Fetters - September 20th, 2013 - Movie Reviews

A Single Shot doesn’t raise the bar, doesn’t change the game, but it does hit the mark, the film speaking with a pensive and knowing precision well worth commending.

A Single Shot doesn’t raise the bar, doesn’t change the game, but it does hit the mark, the film speaking with a pensive and knowing precision well worth commending.

“The Bling Ring” – Interview with Katie Chang

by Sara Michelle Fetters - September 17th, 2013 - Film Festivals Interviews

“Whenever I watch it I find something different. I hope they do, too.”
– Katie Chang

“Whenever I watch it I find something different. I hope they do, too.”
– Katie Chang

And While We Were Here (2012)

by Sara Michelle Fetters - September 13th, 2013 - Movie Reviews

And While We Were Here comes across like a well-intentioned missed opportunity, and while writer/director Coiro has earned a place on my radar she’s going to have to craft something better than this next time out if she’s going to stay there.

And While We Were Here comes across like a well-intentioned missed opportunity, and while writer/director Coiro has earned a place on my radar she’s going to have to craft something better than this next time out if she’s going to stay there.

The Family (2013)

by Sara Michelle Fetters - September 13th, 2013 - Movie Reviews

Even though it fires a couple of blanks, The Family hits its targets far more often than it misses them, the overwhelming firepower that De Niro, Pfeiffer, Jones and Besson bring to the table undeniably impressive.

Even though it fires a couple of blanks, The Family hits its targets far more often than it misses them, the overwhelming firepower that De Niro, Pfeiffer, Jones and Besson bring to the table undeniably impressive.

Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)

by Sara Michelle Fetters - September 13th, 2013 - Movie Reviews

Insidious Story Continues Down a Familiar Path Josh Lambert (Patrick Wilson) has saved his son. Journeying into the realm between life and death, he has reunited eldest Dalton (Ty Simpkins) with his soul, saving him from a demonic presence that wanted to use the child as a vessel to return to the land of the […]

Insidious Story Continues Down a Familiar Path Josh Lambert (Patrick Wilson) has saved his son. Journeying into the realm between life and death, he has reunited eldest Dalton (Ty Simpkins) with his soul, saving him from a demonic presence that wanted to use the child as a vessel to return to the land of the […]

Touchy Feely (2013)

by Sara Michelle Fetters - September 13th, 2013 - Movie Reviews

Touchy Feely is as far removed from Your Sister’s Sister and Humpday as you can get, the whimsical, freewheeling nature of the narrative both absurdist yet surprisingly tetchy. But its eccentricities are remarkably concrete, while the ephemeral nature of the idea itself is grounded in a real world familial aesthetic that’s easy to relate to.

Touchy Feely is as far removed from Your Sister’s Sister and Humpday as you can get, the whimsical, freewheeling nature of the narrative both absurdist yet surprisingly tetchy. But its eccentricities are remarkably concrete, while the ephemeral nature of the idea itself is grounded in a real world familial aesthetic that’s easy to relate to.

“Frankenstein’s Army” – Interview with Richard Raaphorst

by Sara Michelle Fetters - September 10th, 2013 - Interviews

“My philosophy is, better to be surprised than be satisfied. Better to be upset than bored to death.”
– Richard Raaphorst

“My philosophy is, better to be surprised than be satisfied. Better to be upset than bored to death.”
– Richard Raaphorst

The Frozen Ground (2013)

by Sara Michelle Fetters - September 6th, 2013 - Movie Reviews

The Frozen Ground holds the viewer’s attention extremely well, and while everything does indeed build to a rather forgone conclusion (it’s not exactly a secret what happens), getting there still manages to be a disturbingly satisfying trip.

The Frozen Ground holds the viewer’s attention extremely well, and while everything does indeed build to a rather forgone conclusion (it’s not exactly a secret what happens), getting there still manages to be a disturbingly satisfying trip.

Riddick (2013)

by Sara Michelle Fetters - September 6th, 2013 - Movie Reviews

Yet as much as he and Diesel love the character, as beholden to the fans as they feel to do him justice, Riddick is frustratingly half-baked. It never goes to the level that it needs to in order to fully succeed, following in the footsteps in the successful entry of the series oddly afraid to slice and dice a pathway entirely of its own design. The perceived failure of the last outing has made the pair, of all things, timid, a trait that sadly shows its colors far too much of the time, and if stories with this character are going to continue than that’s one facet that has to immediately change.

Yet as much as he and Diesel love the character, as beholden to the fans as they feel to do him justice, Riddick is frustratingly half-baked. It never goes to the level that it needs to in order to fully succeed, following in the footsteps in the successful entry of the series oddly afraid to slice and dice a pathway entirely of its own design. The perceived failure of the last outing has made the pair, of all things, timid, a trait that sadly shows its colors far too much of the time, and if stories with this character are going to continue than that’s one facet that has to immediately change.

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