Published on April 18th, 2013 | by Kevin Cook
By Kevin Cook LD Entertainment’s “Disconnect,” the first non-documentary film from acclaimed “Murderball” director Henry Alex Rubin, quickly began generating considerable buzz when it opened at the Venice and Toronto International Film Festivals. With its nationwide release this …... Read More →Published on April 17th, 2013 | by Kevin Cook
By Kevin Cook “Olympus Has Fallen,” the action thriller from Millennium Films about a North Korean attack on the White House, is a calamitous perfect storm of career-worst acting performances, pitiful screenwriting, lackluster direction and inept cinematography that, …... Read More →Published on April 17th, 2013 | by Kevin Cook
By Kevin Cook Telecinco Cinema’s 2008 two-part cinéma vérité biopic “Che” may be as polarizing a film as the revolutionary Guevara was a man. The product of a deep and profound investment by the filmmakers, the movie spent eight …... Read More →Published on April 8th, 2013 | by Kevin Cook
By Kevin Cook Written by “Six Feet Under” screenwriter Nancy Oliver, “Lars and the Real Girl” is the story of a small-town man, Lars, who is plagued by his insecurities and neuroses after being left with the care …... Read More →Published on April 8th, 2013 | by Kevin Cook
By Kevin Cook “All these relationships between women, I thought, rapidly recalling the splendid gallery of fictitious women, are too simple. … And I tried to remember any case in the course of my reading where two women …... Read More →
Published on April 8th, 2013 | by Kevin Cook
College basketball legend and visionary Guy V. Lewis was selected as a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 30 years after his last national title appearance. UH’s 1983 loss to NC State in …... Read More →Published on April 4th, 2013 | by Kevin Cook
The advent of April brings with it the Center for Creative Works’ yearly Dionysia project, and this year’s incarnation, “Ilium,” tackles the subject of war and loss with Homer’s epic, “The Iliad,” as a frame within …... Read More →Published on March 28th, 2013 | by Kevin Cook
Netflix is an awesome repository of television and cinematic works, but finding quality programming on its Watch Instantly lineup can be a tricky proposition. The enormity of the library combined with copyright-law difficulties that prevent Netflix from allowing users …... Read More →Published on March 28th, 2013 | by Kevin Cook
By Kevin Cook In addition to being one of the most smartly written films of all time, this also acts as one of my social litmus tests. If someone watched and liked this movie, I typically will like …... Read More →Published on March 28th, 2013 | by Kevin Cook
By Kevin Cook The 1984 all-time comedy classic, “Beverly Hills Cop,” is the crown jewel of Eddie Murphy’s long and varied career. “Beverly Hills Cop” showcases Murphy at his absolute pinnacle, long before fathering children dulled his …... Read More →
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