1. The Master Like every other film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, this will divide everyone, especially those not in the mood for a strange, frequently off putting, character-driven period piece about a deranged, lost soul who winds up a puppet to a cult leader. Joaquin Phoenix transforms himself into a scary, always unpredictable drifter who becomes a psychological … [Read more...] about Best Of The Wurst Movies In 2012
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Sinister New Movie Review
Ethan Hawke stars as a true crime writer who has just knowingly moved his family into a house where four people died. The reason why this mysterious but ghastly incident occurred will provide him with the ingredients of a hit bestseller, or so he hopes. Then there’s the box full of old Super 8, reel to reel movies he finds in the attic: who put them there, who made them and … [Read more...] about Sinister New Movie Review
Frankenweenie New Movie Review
Before he became an enormously successful filmmaker, Tim Burton was once a struggling artist. In the 1980s, he was employed by the Disney animation department, where he worked on films like The Fox and the Hound and The Black Cauldron. He also made his first masterpiece, a 30-minute black and white homage to horror films called Frankenweenie, about a young boy named Victor … [Read more...] about Frankenweenie New Movie Review
Maui Film Festival Part One The Movies
The first film ever copyrighted was a five-second clip called Fred Ott's Sneeze. And that's all it was: a grainy image of a guy (Fred Ott, an employee of inventor Thomas Edison) sneezing. That was 1894. Flash forward 116 years and movie magic has advanced to a point--IMAX, 3-D, high-def home theater systems--that would have left 19th century moviegoers in a state of apoplectic … [Read more...] about Maui Film Festival Part One The Movies