The Words is a film with a fascinating story at its core. It revolves around a writer, Rory Jansen (Bradley Cooper), who puts everything he has into writing a book that ends up being rejected by every publisher he submits it to. Just when he thinks his writing career might not take off, he happens upon a valise that contains an old manuscript for a novel written 50 years ago, telling the tale of a young soldier who falls in love with a French woman.
Resident Evil: Retribution brings us to the fifth entry in a series that ran out of steam a long time ago. Once again, despite there being no demand for yet another sequel, we are faced with one, and as you can probably expect, it’s filled with the same problems that writer/director Paul W.S. Anderson has refused to address for the last several years now. Sometimes consistency can be a good thing, but in this case, it’s only continuing to weigh this series down.
Trouble with the Curve is further evidence that Clint Eastwood isn’t quite ready to bow out of the spotlight just yet. Despite being in his 80s, he has been more prolific as a director than most, delivering such films as J. Edgar, Hereafter, Invictus, Gran Torino, and Changeling, all in the last four years. For his latest film, he finally returns to being in front of the camera, while also giving up the directing reigns for the first time in several years.
Both the Kansas City Film Critics Circle and the San Francisco Film Critics Circle announced their annual awards this evening, naming Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master the best picture of 2012. The film also received Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Screenplay from Kansas City, while also taking Best Actor from San Francisco.
With all the awards attention that Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty has been getting, it's rather refreshing to see critics groups choose different winners for Best Picture. That's exactly what critics from San Diego and Las Vegas have done, picking Argo and Life of Pi, respectively, as the Best Films of 2012.
Today was a very busy day for critics with The Boston Society of Film Critics, The New York Films Critics Online, and The Los Angeles Film Critics Association all voting for best achievements in film for 2012.
Beasts of the Southern Wild looks amazing, but it appears that that's where most of the effort towards the film went. The writers spread the narrative out so much that the film ends up having little impact, making this a visual feast that you'll forget about pretty quickly.
The National Board of Review has just unveiled their picks for best film achievements of 2012 and Zero Dark Thirty strikes again with another Best Picture win merely two days after it won the same honor from The New York Film Critics Circle. Kathryn Bigelow also takes her second victory as Best Director. Jessica Chastain, who has been receiving quite a lot of buzz for her performance in the film, has scored her first Best Actress win.
Hope Springs is a sweet and funny film, featuring wonderful performances from the leads, but it also has a nice emotional touch to it. It comes to Blu-Ray in great quality, and despite the somewhat disappointing special features, it's worth taking a look at.
