9 - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Lovely Animated Science Fiction Feature a great...
9 (2009) ***½dir. Shane AckerStarring the voices of: Elijah Wood, Christopher Plummer, John C. Reilly, Martin Landau, Jennifer Connelly, Crispin GloverReview By Greg Klymkiw9 is blessed with a simple...
View ArticleLAW ABIDING CITIZEN - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Lame Vigilante Jijinx
Law Abiding Citizen (2009) *1/2dir. F. Gary GrayStarring: Gerard Butler,Jamie Foxx, Colm MeaneyReview By Greg KlymkiwGreat vigilante movies are driven by a hero or anti-hero that we connect with on a...
View ArticleTHE BLIND SIDE - Review By Greg Klymkiw - On the precipice of Sandra Bullock...
"Look, a lot of rich White people, but mostly me, have been really, reallykind to you and I think you better start winning some games - not forus, but for yourself. Well, and for me, too. Mostly for...
View ArticleALAN PARTRIDGE - Review By Greg Klymkiw - The corporate branding of radio is...
Alan Partridge (2013) **1/2Dir. Declan LowneyStarring: Steve Coogan, Colm MeaneyReview By Greg KlymkiwSeveral notable elements, including a decent story idea, a fair whack of solid laugh-lines, a...
View ArticleTHE BANSHEE CHAPTER - DVD Review By Greg Klymkiw - Prepare to crap your pants...
THE BANSHEE CHAPTER is now available on DVD from levelFILM and guess what? I have finally succumbed to running movie giveaways on my site. Thanks to the fine folks at District PR, someone finally...
View ArticleOUT OF THE FURNACE - DVD/BLU-RAY review By Greg Klymkiw - Chilling Neo-Noir...
Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson: Malevolent BedfellowsOut of the Furnace is one of the best crime pictures in a long time - one of such unremitting violence and bleakness, yet imbued with a strange...
View ArticleIN FEAR - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Raven Banner's Sinister Cinema unveils...
In Fear (2013) ***Dir. Jeremy LoveringStarring: Alice Englert, Iain De Caestecker, Allen LeechReview By Greg KlymkiwBeing trapped deep in the Irish countryside - well, nowhere, really - there's...
View ArticleABOUT LAST NIGHT - Review By Greg Klymkiw - With Steve Pink's re-imagining of...
About Last Night (1986) *dir. Edward ZwickStarring: Demi Moore, Robe Lowe, James Belushi, Elizabeth PerkinsReview By Greg KlymkiwAbout Last Night is atrocious. In spite of this, it provides a few...
View ArticleVANYA ON 42nd STREET - Review By Greg Klymkiw - One of the Greatest Chekhov...
Vanya on 42nd Street (1994) ****dir. Louis MalleStarring: Wallace Shawn, Julianne Moore, Brooke Smith, Larry Pine, Andre GregoryReview By Greg Klymkiw"When we come to die, we'll die submissively....
View ArticleNIM'S ISLAND - More drab contemporary kid-lit makes for unexceptional, but...
Nim’s Island (2008) **1/2dir. Jennifer Flacket and Mark LevinStarring: Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster and Gerard ButlerReview By Greg KlymkiwFamily fantasy adventures based upon bestselling books...
View ArticleLA DOLCE VITA - Review By Greg Klymkiw - With the recent Best Foreign...
La Dolce Vita (top) and La Grande Bellezza (bottom) - Great Double BillLa Dolce Vita (1960) ****dir. Federico FelliniStarring: Marcello Mastroianni, Yvonne Furneaux, Anouk Aimee, Anita Ekberg, Alain...
View ArticleVERONICA MARS - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Movies are getting so awful that too...
*NOTE* I couldn't believe how awful this movie was. After I wrote this review, I did a quickie Google and discovered a whole lot of background info that makes me hate this movie even more. I'm...
View ArticleTOKYO DRIFTER and BRANDED TO KILL - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Seijun Suzuki X...
Is the director of these moviesCLINICALLY INSANE?You be the judge, jury and executioner!Tokyo Drifter (1966) dir. Seijun Suzuki ***1/2Starring: Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Hideaki NitaniBranded...
View ArticleA STAR IS BORN (1954) - Review By Greg Klymkiw
JUDY GARLANDMrs. Norman MaineA Star Is Born (1954) dir. George Cukor *****Starring: Judy Garland, James Mason, Charles Bickford, Jack Carson, Tommy Noonan, Amanda BlakeReview By By Greg KlymkiwThe...
View ArticleSTAY - Review By Greg Klymkiw - No matter how much one tries to gussy it up,...
Stay (2014) Dir. Wiebke von Carolsfeld *½Starring: Aidan Quinn, Taylor Schilling, Michael IronsideReview By Greg KlymkiwI always liked Aidan Quinn, but he really hasn't had a decent role since Barry...
View ArticleCOUNTDOWN #1 TO NYMPHOMANIAC by LARS von TRIER (opening March 21, 2014 at...
Antichrist (2009) Dir. Lars von Trier *****Starring: Willem Dafoe and Charlotte GainsbourgReview By Greg KlymkiwAntichrist is a movie that burns its reflection of pain into your memory like a branding...
View ArticleCOUNTDOWN #2 TO NYMPHOMANIAC by LARS von TRIER (opening March 21, 2014 at...
Europa aka Zentropa (1991) dir. Lars von Trier ****Starring: Jean-Marc Barr, Barbara Sukowa, Udo Kier, Eddie Constantine, Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Max von SydowReview By Greg KlymkiwIn 1990, Canadian...
View ArticleCOUNTDOWN #3 TO NYMPHOMANIAC by LARS von TRIER (opening March 21, 2014 at...
The Idiots (1998) dir. Lars von Trier *****Starring: Anne Louise Hassing, Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus, Troels Lyby - Review By Greg KlymkiwTo spass or not to spass; that, is the question. Whether...
View ArticleNYMPHOMANIAC VOL. 1 and NYMPHOMANIAC VOL. 2 - Review By Greg Klymkiw - *****...
Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg) enjoys a sandwich now and again.WHITE MEAT and DARK RYE is always a special treat for her.Young Joe (Stacy Martin) prefers her creamSTRAIGHT UP. Coffee not...
View ArticleSNAPSHOTS The Epic Story of My Life. Appendix C - Review By Greg Klymkiw - a...
SNAPSHOTS The Epic Story of My Life. Appendix C (2013) Dir. Brian Stockton *****Review By Greg KlymkiwIn 1982, Regina-born-and-bred filmmaker (of the National Treasure variety), got his first camera...
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