126: ‘Pan’ Starring Hugh Jackman, Levi Miller, Garrett Hedlund
Pan /pan/: verb 1. (informal) To criticize (someone or something) severely. I don’t care if your movie is about a flying boy. When you name your movie Pan you’re pretty much inviting derision. When you make a crappy movie about a flying boy…well, even more so. Bad effects, bad screenplay, bad acting…it’s veritable cornucopia of […]
Movie Review: ‘On the Road’ Based on Jack Kerouac’s Novel, Starring Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart
Based on author Jack Kerouac’s 1957 novel, On the Road is the story of writer Sal Paradise (Sam Riely) and his friendship with Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund). Like the book, the film is based on Kerouac’s experiences on the road during the post-World War II beat generation. It was an anti-conformist movement, filled with experimental […]
Joey Vee’s Moo-Vees – “Country Strong” Comic Strip
COUNTRY STRONG is now playing! Synopsis: Soon after a rising young singer-songwriter gets involved with a fallen, emotionally unstable country star, the pair embarks on a career resurrection tour helmed by her husband/manager and featuring a beauty-queen-turned-singer. Between concerts, romantic entanglements and old demons threaten to derail them all. Here is the comic, courtesy of […]
Movie Review: “Country Strong” Starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Garrett Hedlund
The scene, as I envision it, is a cold December night in 2009. Gwyneth Paltrow, having just put a fussy Apple down for the night, is curling up on the couch with an advance DVD of Crazy Heart; the sort of privilege provided by movie studios to the famous and entitled. Even then, Jeff Bridges’ […]
Another Take By Zac: Film Review: Country Strong
Country Strong is a mess of a film with a horrendous script that goes nowhere, has no character depth, and feels like elaborate audition tapes for Paltrow and Meester’s potential music careers. The film follows Kelly Canter, a country music superstar, who is on the road to recovery in rehab when she is checked out […]
Country Strong
Let me first start by saying that I do not like country music. So this will review will not include me critiqueing the music in the film which in actuality will play a large role in whether you enjoy the movie or not. It is just not my style. As a result, I went into […]
“Country Strong” Opens January 7! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!
COUNTRY STRONG OPENS JANUARY 7 NATIONWIDE. Enter for your chance to win a pass, good for two! Synopsis: Soon after a rising young singer-songwriter gets involved with a fallen, emotionally unstable country star, the pair embarks on a career resurrection tour helmed by her husband/manager and featuring a beauty-queen-turned-singer. Between concerts, romantic entanglements and old […]
“Tron: Legacy” Movie Review: Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde
Let’s cut right to the chase, shall we? Tron: Legacy is a worthy successor to the original Tron. Unfortunately, the original Tron was a complete snooze-fest that would have been a footnote in the annals of Disney history, were it not for its interesting visuals and the fact that it was one of the earliest […]
Another Take By Zac: Film Review: TRON: Legacy
TRON: Legacy returns the 80’s property to the screen with incredible visuals, a magnificent score, fantastic 3-D, inventive action, and an attempt at sci-fi world building that is ambitious and interesting but falls a bit short of being entirely clear or fascinating. Picking up 20 or so years after the original film, Flynn had gone […]
