This Week in Movies for the Week on November 30, 2012
Natalie Portman Teaches Acting
This Week: Killing Them Softly, The Man with the Golden Gun, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Ping Pong, Bones Brigade
This Week: Killing Them Softly, The Man with the Golden Gun, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Ping Pong, Bones Brigade
Sean Patrick Kelly is a Toronto-based freelance film critic and blogger with a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema and Media Studies from York University. Since founding his site in 2004, Sean has shared his passion for cinema through insightful reviews and commentary. His work has also been featured in prominent outlets, including Toronto Film Scene, HuffPost Canada, Screen Anarchy, ScreenRant, and Rue Morgue Magazine.
It’s the final weekend of March and there’s an interesting collection of films coming out. My pick for the weekend will be the romantic comedy Run Fatboy Run. It is the directorial debut for David Schwimmer and it stars Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton, and Hank Azaria. The plot involves a loser, who enters a marathon…
It’s about time that I get back into the habit of recommending new home video releases. For this week’s column, I choose the incredibly awesome home invasion horror film You’re Next. I saw this film way back when it played Midnight Madness at TIFF back in 2011 and I’ve been waiting for it to resurface…
Throughout the week, I created separate top ten list to give credit to films that otherwise wouldn’t have made the cut for my overall list. It was an interesting experiment and I may consider making the week-long top ten lists an annual thing. Now without further ado, here are my top ten films of 2008!…
Back in November, I joined the Large Association of Movie Blogs. A few days ago, they begun the nomination process of their annual “Lammy” Awards, which awards the best blogs, voted by the other members of the LAMB network. I thought that that I would throw my hat into the nomination pile, so if you…
A habit that I’ve developed over the years is that I would always go see a movie on my birthday. Granted, this is nothing special, since I already see more movies than the average person, however it doesn’t stop me from going anyway. Since my birthday’s in early spring, the film selection has never been…
This weekend marks the 30th anniversary of Ivan Reitman’s Ghostbusters. The film had its premiere on June 7, 1984, before going into general release the following day. The film was the brainchild of actor Dan Aykroyd, who’s known for his real life interest in the paranormal (I saw a talk with him and his father…