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Politi-FlixHuck in the muck
5/13/2013
Excerpt from “The Adventures of a Hucklecheery Filmgoer”: You don’t know about me without you have seen a movie by the name of Mud; but that ain’t no matter. That movie was made by Mr. Jeff Nichols, and he told a good tale, mainly. There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth. That is something. I never seen any filmmaker but stumble one time or another, without it was a guy named Mud, and the kid, and maybe Neckbone. Mud — the feller what who this yarn’s about is played by Matthew McConaughey, he is — and the kid, he’s Ellis, and his pal’s named’a Neckbone is all told about in this movie, which is mostly a true movie, with some stretchers, as I said before. Oblivious critical droning
5/6/2013
DECLASSIFIED DRONE REPORT OF MISSION: OBLIVION Instructions: Launch a critical drone at target and report back findings and observations regarding threats to American filmic interests. Target: The movie Oblivion, reportedly harboring actors Tom Cruise, Andrea Riseborough, Olga Kurylenko, Melissa Leo, and Morgan Freeman; under the direction of Joseph Kosinski. A FRACtured take on film
4/19/2013
Room 237 A documentary about the various — and entertainingly outrageous — interpretations of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining; directed by Rodney Ascher Here are some theories about the film Room 237, which presents a number of theories about what Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining was really all about: Filling in the blank spaces: Why I admired Roger Ebert
4/15/2013
A blank page. That’s both a writer’s bread-and-butter and stumbling block. When faced with a blank page, some recoil at the prospect of having to create an award-winningly unique product. Others see an opportunity to express themselves, even if it may be mundane. A review divided against itself…
11/21/2012
 Lincoln Starring Daniel Day Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, James Spader, Joseph Gordon Levitt; directed by Steven Spielberg (With apologies to President Lincoln for changing the eloquent words expressed in his Gettysburg Address and Second Inaugural Address.) 2016 Reviews: Critic Man’s Cinema
9/4/2012
2016: Obama’s America A documentary about President Obama by Dinesh D’Souza (the author of a number of books critical of the President, including The Roots of Obama’s Rage and Obama’s America: Unmaking the American Dream) Politi-Flix: Camp(aigning) against campaigns
8/17/2012
The Colorado Statesman received the following press release from the campaign of the film The Campaign: Attacks on The Campaign are no joke Contact: Critic Man The debate knowingly rises (sadly, again)
7/27/2012
In 1999 at the time of the Columbine tragedy, The Matrix was released. Since that film depicted extreme violence and since the characters sported “cool-looking” dusters — long black trench coats that the Columbine killers also wore — many pointed to pop culture (violent video games, movies, heavy metal music, rap lyrics, etc.) as a source of the blame for the murders and mayhem. Savage weed
7/20/2012
Due to the nature of the film Savages, the following initiative was submitted to the Colorado Title Board for inclusion on the state ballot this November. Regrettably, it failed to get the requisite number of signatures as film critics were too baked to be bothered to collect them. |
May. 17, 2013Vol. 114, No. 20 |
