Category Archives: Drama
Flight (2012)
From the opening scenes it was apparent that Flight was not going to be like Robert Zemeckis’ other films. It is his way of coming back into live action cinema. Full frontal nudity, drugs and alcohol are always the right ingredients for a some kind of character crash (no pun intended) and what I like about the first few […]
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
As the saying goes “Every cloud has a silver lining” and in this case bipolar Patrick “Pat” Solitano is having some serious problems in finding his. The film is written and directed by David O. Russell and based off the novel of the same name by Matthew Quick. After beating his cheating wife’s lover mercilessly Pat gets sent […]
And the nominees are...
Reblogged from Anti-Film School: It’s that time of the year again! Below is a full list of all your Oscar nominees. And feel free to leave your opinion! Best Picture: “Amour” “Argo” “Beasts of the Southern Wild” “Django Unchained” “Silver Linings Playbook” “Zero Dark Thirty” “Lincoln” “Les Miserables” “Life of Pi” Best Director: David O. […]
End Of Watch (2012)
David Ayer is best known for penning the action films Training Day (where Denzel Washington won his overdue best actor academy award), S.W.A.T, Street Kings The Fast and the Furious. In these films the narratives are chiefly centered upon dysfunctional antiheroes and their questionable morality. Ayer is a fantastic writer for films in this genre and he directed […]
Think Like A Man (2012)
The one thing that grates on me when it comes to a film with a predominantly black cast is when it’s released theatrically in the UK you have about 72 hour to catch it s before all traces of the film disappears It’s a harsh reality still facing black cinema but let me leave that debate […]
