The Adventures of Tintin – 3 Buckets

Leave it to Steven Spielberg to use the most cutting-edge in today’s motion-capture technology–in partnership with WETA Digital, the company that did the special effects on Avatar–to make one of the most gloriously… [Read more]

Defiance – 3 Buckets

Defiance is very much an Edward Zwick picture in that it features adrenaline pumping action and accurately-portrayed history, but it’s missing the filmmaker’s trademark fusion of the two elements. While the movie’s plot may not have lent itself to such a seamless integration—seen in Glory, Blood Diamond, and The Last Samurai—the absence is noticeable in [...]