4.5 stars out of 5: She’s gotta have it.A couple years back, Olivier Assayas’ tender yet clear-eyed Summer Hours tracked the effects of globalism and plain old-fashioned emotional entropy on a band of French adult siblings as they dealt with a large inheritance of valuable furniture and…Read More Dave White’s Reviews on Movies.com
"Reality" makes the case that society renders everyone impossibly small. The first and last shots of Matteo Garrone's drama take place from extreme heights that make their focal point blend with their surroundings. Everything in frame takes on the dimensions of a dollhouse, as if the Italian filmmaker has assumed a godlike awareness. The compositions Full Article…
Introduction With the latest TV ranges from Samsung and LG already out and attracting mostly positive critical notices, the pressure on Sony’s debut TV for 2012 really couldn’t be any greater. Especially with Sony’s TV business contributing spectacularly to the brand’s latest round of cataclysmic operating losses. Still, the noises coming out of Sony about Full Article…
Introduction Aside from the odd show-off product, such as the Toshiba Excite 13, Toshiba is a brand that’s largely been focused on good value rather than breaking new ground, and the Toshiba BDX3300 Blu-ray player is a spectacular example of its signature ‘everyman’ efforts. Priced at £78.99 in the UK and $ 119.99 in the Full Article…
Introduction Ease of use increasingly makes or breaks electronic products, but with the Toshiba BDX5300 Blu-ray player, Toshiba is hoping there are shoppers out there who still put core features and a low price at the top of their wish lists. With built-in Wi-Fi, smart TV services and support for 3D Blu-ray, you’d be forgiven Full Article…
Review in a Hurry: With a roster of hotties—Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, and Rihanna—versus ginormous space crafts, Battleship is an alien invasion flick with too earnest… E! Online (UK) – Movie Reviews
Review in a Hurry: Inspired by Heidi Murkoff’s mega-selling manual, uneven What to Expect profiles five couples whose lives are upended by pregnancy. What to expect when you’re watching:… E! Online (UK) – Movie Reviews
3.5 stars out of 5: Un film de HasbroOnce upon a time there was a battleship named Battleship. Battleship was full of loud and well stocked with stupid and his favorite thing to do all day was exploding. Some half-human/half-lizardy aliens came along and said, “Hey Battleship, we are…Read More Dave White’s Reviews on Movies.com
As important as it is to accept a movie on its own terms, those terms have to make sense. Battleship is the kind of movie you feel dumber after watching, if only because you expended energy trying to figure out its terms, only to discover there are none present at all. Peter Berg, who earned Full Article…
2.5 stars out of 5: Jihadists just want to have funAre you ready for some leftover, room temperature Sacha Baron Cohen? Too bad if you’re not. You’ve already seen him popping up at various TV and media events wearing the costume, spilling ash on Ryan Seacrest, shouting “DEATH TO THE WEST!” But…Read More Dave White’s Full Article…
2.5 stars out of 5: Jihadists just want to have funAre you ready for some leftover, room temperature Sacha Baron Cohen? Too bad if you’re not. You’ve already seen him popping up at various TV and media events wearing the costume, spilling ash on Ryan Seacrest, shouting “DEATH TO THE WEST!” But…Read More Dave White’s Full Article…
Thai director and installation artist Apichatpong Weerasethakul has steadily made his way from exclusively receiving a highly specialized form of cinephilic admiration for his plethora of experimental shorts and structurally ambitious features to global status as one of the most enthrallingly cryptic filmmakers working today. His recent popularity mainly stems from his 2009 Palme d'Or Full Article…
2.0 stars out of 5: Saggy diaper that leaksLike parenthood itself, it all starts out promisingly enough. Cameron Diaz learns she’s pregnant on a Dancing With The Stars-like show by shocking herself with spontaneously vomit into a glass victory cup. In another scene Elizabeth Banks…Read More Dave White’s Reviews on Movies.com
Introduction Did someone at Panasonic just get a degree in design? After spending most of the last 15 years concentrating primarily on plasma TV tech, but also on producing arguably the most consistent picture quality across the board, the Japanese brand has suddenly gone all arty on us. This mid-range screen doesn’t just boast a Full Article…
(Distributed by Cinema Conservancy and Factory 25, The Color Wheel opens theatrically in NYC at BAM on Friday, May 18, 2012. It world premiered at the 2011 Sarasota Film Festival and co-shared the Best Narrative award at the Chicago Underground Film Festival before screening at BAMcinemaFest and many, many more festivals throughout the world. Visit the film’s official website to learn more. NOTE: This review was first Full Article…