The Sepia Screen 2008 Movie of The Year

And the winner is: The Vistor.  This independent gem was released in April 2008 and is now available on DVD.  It tells the story of Walter, a widower going through the motions of life with little gusto as a university professor in Connecticut.  Forced to give a paper at a conference at NYU, he travels [...]

MOVIE REVIEW: Gran Torino

Clint Eastwood is a squinty-eyed old coot.  And he plays one in his new film Gran Torino in which he stars and directs. Eastwood plays Walt Kowalski who we meet at his wife’s funeral.  Walt growls, uses profanity in every day conversation, is alienated from his sons and grandchildren, and hates the baby-faced priest who [...]

VIEWPOINT: Notably Absent

Sometimes I see films relevant to this blog that do not inspire me to write.  This is understandable because not every film is worth writing about and you may find that some major films are notably absent from this blog.  I also do not want to be overtly negative, however, what kind of amateur critic  [...]

MOVIE REVIEW: Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire is a modern-day fairytale.  Set in Mumbai, India in 2006, the movie tells the story of Jamal Malik who, as the movie opens, is one question away from winning the ultimate prize of 20 million rupees on India’s version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire.  The problem–the host and police do not believe that [...]