BucketCast : Episode 8 : 4.18.2010

This week, Danny and Michael review the comic book adaptation Kick-Ass, Woody Harrelson’s similar stab at an anti-superhero in Defendor (new on DVD), and Chris Rock in the remake of Death at a Funeral. They also finish up April’s retrospective series on Steve McQueen with 1972′s The Getaway. Download the episode here or get it [...]

Semi-Pro – 2 Buckets

Usually, I’m willing to go wherever Will Ferrell wants to take me as a viewer. Through countless motion pictures, the actor has proven that he’s more worth his salt, both as a comedian and as a dramatic performer. Whatever claims cinematic elitists may have made in years past, all arguments against Ferrell’s success have proven [...]

2007 San Diego Film Festival: Day Four – Get Me Outta This Place!

The close of the 2007 San Diego Film Festival brings the conclusion of my third time attending the affair. It will likely be the last time, too. This prediction comes not only because I expect to be participating in bigger and better events of the same sort when I move to Los Angeles in January, but because the poor film-selections made by the festival-coordinators this year have provided me no incentive to return. The past four days of movie-going have been rather tasking on my senses. They have made me feel hatred toward the medium of film far more than they have made me want to embrace it. Of the fourteen pictures that I have seen at the festival, I am only able to wholeheartedly recommend two of them: Marcy Garriott’s Inside the Circle (discussed in my “Day One” commentary) and Paul Schrader’s The Walker (discussed below). What a frustrating, excruciating time I have just endured over the long weekend. [Read more]