‘A Serious Man’: An Utterly Insane Yet Profound Dark Comedy

Posted by jwie86 - November 20, 2009 - 1 Comment - (Posted Under Entertainment)
‘A Serious Man’: An Utterly Insane Yet Profound Dark Comedy

Director: Joel & Ethan Coen Running Time: 105 minutes Rated: R This is a review from the London Film Festival.  This film is currently playing in theaters in the US. Bad luck.  Karma.  Fate.  The wrath of the god(s).  These are just a few of the basic terms that the human race has used to try and signify those terrible happenings that befall them whether it ranges from the trivial, such as that one morning Joe cannot find his keys and runs late for work, to the traumatic, where Sue makes a wrong turn and is stranded in the middle of the forest alone with no supplies.  It really is a... 

‘The Road’: A Different, Intimate Post-Apocalyptic Film

Posted by jwie86 - October 28, 2009 - No Comments - (Posted Under Entertainment)
‘The Road’: A Different, Intimate Post-Apocalyptic Film

Director: John Hillcoat Running Time: 119 Minutes Rated: R *This is a review from the London Film Festival. This film will release in the US on Nov. 25th. The end of the world is not a very ‘new’ topic in the film world.  With cinema like I Am Legend to another upcoming apocalyptic festival, 2012, the genre itself seems pretty full as of late.  The Road is another entry into the over saturated genre, yet the approach diverges from the norm in that it does not focus on the effects or the reasons behind the film’s apocalyptic setting but is about a father and son’s struggle for survival...