From director David O. Russell (The Silver Linings Playbook) come this 1970s-set crime comedy, which is the fresh winner of three Golden Globes, including Best Picture Comedy/Musical. Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale) is a New York-based conman, who successfully operates a loan scam operation with his mistress Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams). When the two of them…
Romantic comedies are usually films I avoid like the plague. They have a highly clichéd nature to them that does not appeal to me. Of course, there are always exceptions to the rule and my curiosity peaked when Silver Linings Playbook won the People’s Choice Award at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. The film…
If nothing else, Machete is a good demonstration of Robert Rodriguez’s skills as an editor. What began as a faux-trailer in Grindhouse is now a full-fledged film. Most of the footage from that trailer reappears in this film with the newly shot footage and the transition seems flawless. As for the film itself, it’s definitely…
