http://www.ropeofsilicon.com The best and latest movie news, reviews, features and editorials - updated daily Wed, 23 May 2012 22:55:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/holy-motors-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/holy-motors-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 17:01:36 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=60858 Holy Motors is an impossible task as far as I'm concerned. Perhaps I could sit down with it for a solid week and give you additional insight, but 24 hours after seeing it this is the best I can do.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/holy-motors-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival/feed/ 8 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/me-and-you-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/me-and-you-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 15:01:37 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=60849 Me and You (Io e Te) plays like a test run as the director comes to terms with the fact he'll be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. There's little to take away from the film other than he seems to have realized he can still direct... Hopefully that means a better project will soon be around the corner.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/me-and-you-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival/feed/ 0 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/on-the-road-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/on-the-road-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 12:31:10 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=60842 On the Road Walter Salles and his cast have definitely crafted a well-made film with strong performances and rich and beautiful cinematography, but the story is so tedious and each scene redundant of the last that it's hard to care one way or another about what is taking place on screen.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/on-the-road-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival/feed/ 11 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/room-237-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/room-237-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 16:18:38 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=60820 Room 237 is for you. Come on in and begin the madness as no stone is left unturned when it comes to Stanley Kubrick's The Shining from the absurd to the strangely convincing.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/room-237-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival/feed/ 11 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/killing-them-softly-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/killing-them-softly-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 14:17:03 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=60813 The Assassination of Jesse James it has taken four years for us to get a second film from Andrew Dominik. It was worth the wait. Killing Them Softly is not only a bullets and bloodshed gangster film told with a visual panache you won't find in many films, but it's also a straight-forward commentary on the state of America and it holds nothing back.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/killing-them-softly-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival/feed/ 13 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sapphires-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sapphires-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 14:51:04 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=60755 The Sapphires tells the story of four Australian Aboriginals and proves to be a solid, crowd-pleaser with a performance from Chris O'Dowd you'll welcome with open arms.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sapphires-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival/feed/ 1 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/amour-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival-2012/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/amour-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival-2012/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 21:45:45 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=60721 Amour, but to dismiss it on the basis of which it is not meant to be judged would be to ignore the accomplishments within... Even if I will never watch it again.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/amour-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival-2012/feed/ 12 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/antiviral-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival-2012/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/antiviral-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival-2012/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 21:40:33 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=60709 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/antiviral-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival-2012/feed/ 3 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/laurence-anyways-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/laurence-anyways-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 19:24:12 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=60693 Laurence Anyways serves as my introduction to an up-and-coming master of cinema. I was floored by Xavier Dolan's film and immediately regret not yet having seen his first two feature films. At the age of 23 he is an easy target for haters, but I was overwhelmed by the sumptuous and beckoning nature of this film you couldn't have forced me to look away.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/laurence-anyways-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival/feed/ 7 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/lawless-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival-2012/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/lawless-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival-2012/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 10:31:12 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=60666 Lawless has only a couple of minor infractions preventing it from being and out-and-out excellent feature, but that doesn't stop this brutally violent take on the Prohibition-era moon-shining siblings, the Bondurant brothers, from being endlessly entertaining.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/lawless-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival-2012/feed/ 5 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/beasts-of-the-southern-wild-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/beasts-of-the-southern-wild-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 22:25:06 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=60643 Beasts of the Southern Wild thundered out of the Sundance Film Festival where it won the Grand Jury Prize and now shows up at the Cannes Film Festival with plenty of support behind it. For those of us that didn't get to see it with fresh eyes and no advanced warning it might not hit as hard, but that isn't to say the sound and the fury of the Beasts of the Southern Wild won't still be felt.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/beasts-of-the-southern-wild-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival/feed/ 4 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/reality-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival-2012/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/reality-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival-2012/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 20:23:29 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=60625 Reality has nothing new to say and says it over and over again over the course of its 115 minute running time.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/reality-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/battleship-movie-review-2012/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/battleship-movie-review-2012/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 05:03:59 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=60600 Battleship makes its way into theaters and does so with very little attempt at logic or unique storytelling to be found.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/battleship-movie-review-2012/feed/ 15 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/rust-and-bone-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival-2012/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/rust-and-bone-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival-2012/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 10:52:38 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=60558 Rust & Bone were high in that I expected a good movie, but as far as what kind of movie I had no idea. Fortunately, Audiard delivers in true fashion along with stars Matthias Schoenaerts and Marion Cotillard who deliver a pair of amazing performances.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/rust-and-bone-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival-2012/feed/ 14 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/moonrise-kingdom-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival-2012/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/moonrise-kingdom-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival-2012/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 13:09:26 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=60490 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and Fantastic Mr. Fox the triptych is now complete as Moonrise Kingdom shares a lot in terms of storytelling style to those two films delivering a heartfelt story of young love as only Wes Anderson could.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/moonrise-kingdom-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival-2012/feed/ 10 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/dictator-movie-review-2012/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/dictator-movie-review-2012/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 20:27:33 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=60444 The Dictator is loaded with laughs, but the narrative tying each of them together is quite weak. Look at it as an episode of "Saturday Night Live" filled with 15 or so solid R-rated segments and enjoyment won't be far behind.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/dictator-movie-review-2012/feed/ 4 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/dark-shadows-movie-review-2012/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/dark-shadows-movie-review-2012/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 14:58:00 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=60202 Dark Shadows isn't terrible. It isn't very good either. Like so many Burton and Depp team-ups as of late, it comfortably straddles mediocrity and seems perfectly satisfied doing so.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/dark-shadows-movie-review-2012/feed/ 14 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/do-deca-pentathlon-capsule-review-2012-seattle-film-festival/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/do-deca-pentathlon-capsule-review-2012-seattle-film-festival/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 16:55:53 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=59811 Jeff, Who Lives at Home this is still a satisfying feature, but far from anything you need to rush to see.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/do-deca-pentathlon-capsule-review-2012-seattle-film-festival/feed/ 0 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/trishna-capsule-review-2012-seattle-film-festival/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/trishna-capsule-review-2012-seattle-film-festival/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 15:44:32 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=59812 Trishna is a beautiful film, with a lovely score, excellent original songs from Amit Trivedi and a performance from Freida Pinto that finds her very comfortable on screen, but a narrative tug-of-war with the audience drags the film down as the ups and downs caused me appreciation for the story being told.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/trishna-capsule-review-2012-seattle-film-festival/feed/ 6 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/safety-not-guaranteed-review-2012-seattle-film-festival/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/safety-not-guaranteed-review-2012-seattle-film-festival/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 22:47:02 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=59747 Safety Not Guaranteed, director Colin Trevorrow has delivered a funny and heartfelt film with endearing performances from all its leads.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/safety-not-guaranteed-review-2012-seattle-film-festival/feed/ 1 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/get-the-gringo-movie-review-2012/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/get-the-gringo-movie-review-2012/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 15:25:50 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=59769 Get the Gringo is finally being released after a long time on the shelf when it was called How I Spent My Summer Vacation. As a result it's heading straight to video-on-demand, which based on what I saw is just where it belongs, if anywhere...]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/get-the-gringo-movie-review-2012/feed/ 52 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/avengers-movie-review-2012/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/avengers-movie-review-2012/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:41:35 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=59519 The Avengers is everything we want when it comes to summer blockbuster entertainment.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/avengers-movie-review-2012/feed/ 54 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sound-of-my-voice-movie-review-2012/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sound-of-my-voice-movie-review-2012/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:13:06 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=59400 Martha Marcy May Marlene, Sound of My Voice does just as much to question these mysterious groups as to question our level of trust. It's a fascinating exploration of a situation just as much as it is the way we live our lives.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sound-of-my-voice-movie-review-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/five-year-engagement-movie-review-2012/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/five-year-engagement-movie-review-2012/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:27:42 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=59376 The Five-Year Engagement tried to be a bubbly rom-com while at the same time presenting some truly dramatic and darkly tragic aspects of a relationship gone awry. The result is a mixed bag of messages and it just doesn't come together.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/five-year-engagement-movie-review-2012/feed/ 10 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/bernie-movie-review-2012/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/bernie-movie-review-2012/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:22:09 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=59371 Bernie is Richard Linklater's use of actual people to help tell the story of a small town funeral director that murders a local spinster. However, that same attraction serves as the film's disjointed stumbling block as it doesn't entirely work with the narrative.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/bernie-movie-review-2012/feed/ 1 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/raven-movie-review-2012/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/raven-movie-review-2012/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:18:00 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=59360 The Raven and Ninja Assassin before it proved V for Vendetta was more about the Wachowskis then it was about him. The Raven is nothing more than a wooden, paint-by-numbers thriller you've seen before and won't want to soon see again.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/raven-movie-review-2012/feed/ 7 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/lucky-one-movie-review-2012/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/lucky-one-movie-review-2012/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:19:47 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=58968 The Lucky One has a target audience that will likely forgive most of its sins. That being the case, and considering the film isn't for me, while I can't say I liked the film, I can understand why it's made the way it is.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/lucky-one-movie-review-2012/feed/ 4 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/think-like-a-man-movie-review-2012/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/think-like-a-man-movie-review-2012/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:08:38 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=58961 Think Like a Man does have some genre issues, falling into some typical rom-com trappings, but overall it's a win.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/think-like-a-man-movie-review-2012/feed/ 4 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/lockout-movie-review-2012/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/lockout-movie-review-2012/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:11:48 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=58359 Lockout watchable, but that's exactly what's happening here as you are sure to be laughing at this film most of the way, enjoying most of it for its stupidity.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/lockout-movie-review-2012/feed/ 6 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/cabin-in-the-woods-movie-review-2012/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/cabin-in-the-woods-movie-review-2012/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:29:13 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=58353 The Cabin in the Woods has a few problems, but is largely about fun. Laughs play more heavily here rather than scares as director Drew Goddard turns the horror genre on its head and presents a fun house fans of the genre and others are sure to like.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/cabin-in-the-woods-movie-review-2012/feed/ 11