Author: Brandon Fibbs

“Conviction” is based on an inspirational true story of resolute dedication and dogged persistence in the face of monolithic cultural and societal odds. The film’s title, a smart double entendre, suggests a story of righteous tenacity, the sort of fantastic narrative that you might be tempted to dismiss as fiction were it not true. While…

“Conviction” is based on an inspirational true story of resolute dedication and dogged persistence in the face of monolithic cultural and societal odds. The film’s title, a smart double-entendre, suggests a story of righteous tenacity, the sort of fantastic narrative that you might be tempted to dismiss as fiction were it not true. While “Conviction,”…

The narrator in “You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger” quotes Shakespeare in the opening minutes, telling us that the story we’re about to see is “a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”
 Woody Allen’s latest film doesn’t signify “nothing” (though it certainly is told by a gaggle of…

Davis Guggenheim’s “Waiting for ‘Superman’” might as well be titled “An Inconvenient Truth: The Sequel.” Like Guggenheim’s previous, Oscar-winning documentary about the environment, this is yet another horror film in the guise of a documentary. It is impossible not to acknowledge that America’s education system is broken. Just 30 years ago, American schools were the…

Clint Eastwood isn’t exactly a guy known for his meditations on mortality. His characters tend to wade into treacherous situations without a second thought to their spiritual conditions or what might happen if they fall. So it is a bit unusual that the 80-year-old should make a film about a trio of people who can…

The narrator in “You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger” quotes Shakespeare in the opening minutes, telling us that the story we’re about to see is “a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” Allen’s latest film doesn’t signify nothing (though it certainly is told by a gaggle of idiots),…

Davis Guggenheim’s Waiting for Superman might as well be titled An Inconvenient Truth: The Sequel. Like Guggenheim’s previous, Oscar-winning documentary about the eroding state of our global environment, this is yet another horror film in the guise of a documentary. A rallying cry to educational reform, the film takes its name from a comment by…

 Clint Eastwood isn’t exactly a guy known for his meditations on mortality. His characters tend to wade into treacherous situations without a second thought to their spiritual conditions or what might happen if they fall. So it is a bit unusual that the 80-year-old should make a film about a trio of people who can…

GRADE: B+   MINI REVIEW: Based on the cult D.C. Comics graphic novels about a team of geriatric ex-CIA agents, “Red” is sure to be one of the biggest crowd-pleasers of the year. Completely derivative and entirely predictable, it is also indisputably fun, a film that begins winking at the audience from the very first…

Based on the cult D.C. Comics graphic novels by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner, “Red” is sure to be one of the biggest crowd-pleasers of the year. Completely derivative and entirely predictable, it is also indisputably fun, a film that begins winking at the audience from the very first frame and never lets up until…