The Descendants
Film review by: Witney Seibold
Alexander Payne’s strengths lie in deeply flawed people coming to the slow realization of their own flaws, all through a tragic or dramatic event. (more…)
Dream House (2011)
Dream House (2011)
Film review by: Witney Seibold
Jim Sheridan, the soulful Irish director behind the weepie “In America” has now made a limp, stupid and stultifying psycho-thriller called “Dream House.” It’s bad to be sure, but it’s not as bad as when Mike Figgis tried to go mainstream and made “Cold Creek Manor.” (more…)
Drive (2011)
Drive
Film review by: Witney Seibold
The unnamed lead character in Nicolas Winding Refn‘s “Drive,” who is credited merely as “Driver,” is a cipher. (more…)
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (2011)
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
Film review by: Witney Seibold
Troy Nixey‘s “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” is, reportedly, a remake of a 1973 TV movie, beloved by Nixey, and this remake’s screenwriter, cult filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro. I haven’t seen the original, but I can intuit from what I saw in this new film, that we probably saw a lot less of the monsters last time. (more…)
The Devil’s Double
The Devil’s Double
Film review by: Witney Seibold
Dominic Cooper is amazing in Lee Tamahori‘s “The Devil’s Double.” (more…)
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Film review by: Witney Seibold
When I heard the English language title of Tsui Hark‘s new special effects extravaganza, I was in. (more…)
Deep Gold
Deep Gold
Film review by: Witney Seibold
I saw Michael Gleissner’s “Deep Gold” on the final day of its several-week run at the Bigfoot Crest in Westwood, CA. If you live in the area, you may have seen posters for “Deep Gold” in storefront windows and at bus stops. If not, it’s likely you’ve never heard of it. (more…)
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
Film review by: Witney Seibold
I come to praise “Dylan Dog,” not to bury it. (more…)
Drive Angry
Drive Angry
Film review by: Witney Seibold
Patrick Lussier‘s “Drive Angry” is the first great B movie of the year. It’s a supernatural action film, shot in 3-D, and starring Hollywood-bad-boy-turned-bugnuts-crazy-B-movie-luminary Nicolas Cage, but carries none of the usual “geek gravitas” that seems to be infecting so much of the genre entertainment of the day; there are no heavy-handed semblances to Lussier’s sense of “importance,” nor self-congratulatory, pop-culture riffs; there is no grittiness or falsely-inflated tragedy to the proceedings. (more…)
