Tag Archives: movies

Movie Review: Blue Jasmine

Posted on August 13, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

Note: I can’t really write about this movie the way I want to without including plot spoilers. If you’re really worried about that, you might want to hold off from reading until after you see the movie. As anyone who … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The Canyons

Posted on August 8, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

I normally don’t go in for celebrity gossip stuff. Not even a little bit. But a few months back, when I saw a Sunday New York Times Magazine cover story with the headline, Here Is What Happens When You Cast … Continue reading →

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On Fruitvale Station, Oscar Grant, and Trayvon Martin

Posted on July 19, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

Last Saturday night, a Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman of murdering 17-year old Trayvon Martin. By an almost perverse coincidence, the verdict came through the night after the release of Fruitvale Station, a film that dramatizes the final day in … Continue reading →

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Why Do People Like Silver Linings Playbook So Much?

Posted on May 24, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

Because I almost never go to the movies anymore (for reasons I’ll discuss another time), I almost never see movies in the theater anymore. As I result, I don’t usually see a film until months after it has been released, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: On the Road

Posted on April 24, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

I’ve always loved Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. Most of the reasons for this should be fairly obvious: I’m an aspiring writer (is there any other kind?); I’ve bounced back and forth between New York and San Francisco several times, … Continue reading →

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