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]

Capsules: Attack the Block & Sarah’s Key

We are still playing catch-up here at Bucket Reviews, in the wake of Comic-Con, and this weekend’s two art-house releases are getting the capsule treatment as a result. It’s a bit strange to review an alien-invasion flick… [Read more]

Paul – 2 1/2 Buckets

Much like Gore Verbinski’s recent, lavishly praised animated film Rango, Greg Mottola’s celebration of science-fiction and geek culture, Paul, is deeply referential of American cinema of the last half-century. Subtle Easter-eggs and full-on homages fly fast and furious in both films, especially Paul. The reason you will find very few people raving about this Simon [...]

Box Office Predictions – Weekend of Mar 18

Hello again readers — guess who’s back on the box office beat this weekend? It has been another demanding semester at school for me, so I have not been writing this column as regularly as I should be, but now that I’m on Spring Break, there is no excuse for not posting predictions. So let’s [...]