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March 25, 2016
If “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” Is a Dreary Slog, At Least We’ve Still Got Dear Old Mom
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Zack Snyder, 2016) In the end, it all comes down to good old Mom. With the fate of the world in the balance, with the forces of good and evil arrayed on either side of the fence (or, in this case, of the shattered skyscraper), with all of the […]
“Baskin,” an Uneven (and Disgusting) Horror Film, Still Offers a Few Welcome Surprises
Baskin (Can Evrenol, 2015) So I may have not yet had a chance to see (the, by all accounts, overwrought and dreary) Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (it opened last night) – a “problem” that I may or may not rectify (I did not like Zack Snyder’s first Superman installment, Man of Steel), but I did get […]
March 23, 2016
SXSW2016, Part 5: More Pieces on “Hammer to Nail” …
So SXSW might be over for the year, but my reviews and interviews from the 2016 festival still keep coming. Here are five more pieces: The Bandit interview The Slippers review The Slippers interview Claire in Motion review Ovarian Psycos interview Be sure to read my first, second, third and fourth posts on SXSW2016, as well!
March 20, 2016
SXSW2016, Part 4 (Friday, March 18 and beyond)
If you missed it earlier in the week, here is the list of the SXSW2016 Jury Awards. And here are the Audience Awards, announced yesterday. The last day of the festival, for me, was Friday, March 18 (we left the next day), and I saw only two films for which I will not be writing reviews for Hammer to […]
March 18, 2016
SXSW2016, Part 3 (Wednesday-Thursday, March 16-17)
And so the week at SXSW has continued. Since the last post, I have had only two more pieces published on Hammer to Nail – an interview with the director and producer of The Dwarvenaut and a review of The Bandit – but you can expect many more pieces soon. Here are my capsule reviews of three other films for […]
March 16, 2016
SXSW2016, Part 2 (Monday-Tuesday, March 14-15)
The last two days of the festival have seen me continue with more of the same – movie screenings and interviews with directors and actors. Here are the reviews and interviews that have been published on Hammer to Nail since Sunday, March 13: Operator review Hunter Gatherer review Hunter Gatherer interview The Dwarvenaut review And now, below, […]
March 14, 2016
Welcome to SXSW2016!
It’s that time of year again, as it was in 2014 and 2015, when I took my first and second trips, respectively, to the annual SXSW Festival in Austin, TX. As I did last year, I have traveled with a group of Stevenson University Film & Moving Image students, pictured below. This year, however, I am […]
March 11, 2016
“Reel Talk” – with Chris Reed and Max Weiss – on #Oscars2016, “Hail, Caesar!” and “Deadpool”
Welcome to the fourth episode of the 2015-2016 season of Dragon Digital Media‘s Reel Talk with Christopher Llewellyn Reed . My guest this time was Max Weiss, film critic for Baltimore Magazine and WBAL-TV. We reviewed the 2016 Oscars (the ceremony, itself, and the winners), plus two recent films: Hail, Caesar! and Deadpool. We also discussed the role of the film critic, in general, and whether it is […]
In Clever “10 Cloverfield Lane,” the Demons May Not Be All in Your Head
10 Cloverfield Lane (Dan Trachtenberg, 2016) Just because you’re paranoid, it doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you. Such is the set-up for 10 Cloverfield Lane, an extremely clever sort-of-sequel to the 2008 hit Cloverfield, itself a nifty little gem of a found-footage mockumentary in which a monstrous alien destroyed New York (and maybe more). That film had no stars and […]
March 6, 2016
Reviews of Two Oscar-Nominated Foreign-Language Films on “Bmoreart”: “Son of Saul” and “A War”
In the past month, I have had two reviews – both of Oscar-nominated foreign-language films – published in Bmoreart, an award-winning Baltimore-based online journal: Son of Saul (the eventual Oscar winner) and A War. Enjoy!
