Friday, August 28, 2015

Digging for Fire: Movie Review


   


Lack of murder mystery still reveals a funny and insightful film.
Digging for Fire is both Joe Swanberg's funniest film and most mature film to date. It's another one of his indie films with mainstream accessibility, but it should be noted that it's not a murder mystery, or murder mystery comedy, as it easily could be with the excellent premise with such great potential. 2015

Directed by: Joe Swanberg

Screenplay by: Joe Swanberg, Jake Johnson

Starring: Jake Johnson, Rosemarie DeWitt

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

We Are Your Friends: Movie Review


An overly dramatic, mostly uninteresting story of a DJ.

There are three (well, actually, four) things that We Are Your Friends wants you to know: Zac Efron is really hot; electronic music is really cool; and Emily Ratajkowski has really nice boobs. Presumably you already know and/or don't care about points one and three which leaves you with the music. Thankfully, it didn't give me a headache and when Efron was actually creating his tracks, it was even interesting; just not enough to carry the entire movie. 2015

Directed by: Max Joseph

Screenplay by: Max Joseph and Meaghan Oppenheimer

Starring: Zac Efron

Monday, August 24, 2015

A Walk in the Woods: Movie Review


   


A simple journey with light humour.
Bill Bryson's memoir and trek along the Appalachian Trail are recreated (and changed) in A Walk in the Woods. It's a very light film, filled with Bryson's famous wit, and simple comedy as two septuagenarians go on an adventure which even people half their age would have difficulty with. Bill Bryson (Robert Redford) is just ready to shake up his life rather than head into retirement and instead of hitting the trail alone, he's joined by his old friend Stephen Katz (Nick Nolte). 2015

Directed by: Ken Kwapis

Screenplay by: Rick Kerb, Bill Holderman
Based on the novel by Bill Bryson

Starring: Robert Redford and Nick Nolte