Page Revisions: (August 23, 2015) Original Release Date: September 18, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A teenager transitions from female to male, and his family must come to terms with that fact.” Poster Rating: F Review: With all the tools available to designers these days, I don’t see how they could construct something so absolutely banal,…
New This Week Francois Truffaut (The 400 Blows) and Jean-Luc Godard (Breathless) were two of five French film critics and friends published in the influential Cahiers du Cinema before becoming directors who changed the direction of French cinema in the late 1950s. Along with Jacques Rivette, Claude Chabrol and Eric Rohmer, their movement, known as…
Page Revisions: (August 23, 2015) Original Release Date: November 13, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Based on the real-life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days.” Poster Rating: C+ / B- / C / D / C / C- (3) / B- / C+ Review: (#1) The…
We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Grandma There are few great comediennes of the 1960’s and 1970’s still working in cinema today. One of them is Lily Tomlin, the smart, irreverent star of Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, Nashville, 9 to 5, All of Me and countless other…
Welcome to The Morning After, where I share with you what movies I’ve seen over the past week. Below, you will find short reviews of those movies along with a star rating. Full length reviews may come at a later date. I was out of town all weekend, so nothing new was viewed.
Page Revisions: (August 23, 2015) Original Release Date: August 28, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “In the wake of a disaster that wipes out most of civilization, two men and a young woman find themselves in an emotionally charged love triangle as the last known survivors.” Poster Rating: C+ Review: It’s an effective color scheme that…
Page Revisions: (August 23, 2015) Original Release Date: August 28, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A seemingly perfect family look to fix their problems with the help of Miss Clara, an older, wiser woman.” Poster Rating: B+ Review: The subtle cruciform shape is appealing, especially to the target audience. It has a nice array of images…
Page Revisions: (August 23, 2015) Original Release Date: August 28, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “When the estranged daughter of a hard-working live-in housekeeper suddenly appears, the unspoken class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray.” Poster Rating: C- / C- / D Review: (#1) Apart from its attempt to create a mysterious…
Page Revisions: (August 23, 2015) Original Release Date: August 28, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Three surf lifesavers on a big night out. Jealousy, homophobic fears and unrequited lust culminate in a tragic booze-fueled episode of near-fatal bullying.” Poster Rating: C- / D Review: (#1) Not an unpleasant design, but ultimately too simplistic and without a…