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Up to the film’s shocking climax, Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” plays like a documentary on everyday life in the Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. We get to know the inhabitants through their interactions on a single hot summer day. Lee uses carefully picked out music, dialogue, and artistic scenes full of energy toContinue reading “Great Scenes: “Do the Right Thing””

Sidney Lumet’s “Dog Day Afternoon” is based on an actual bank robbery that took place three years prior to the release of the film. Al Pacino played bank robber Sonny Wortzik who on August 22nd burst into a Brooklyn based bank for a run-of the-mill robbery only to end up surrounded by dozens of armedContinue reading “Great Scenes: “Dog Day Afternoon””

Francis Ford Coppola reinvented the gangster genre with his 1972 masterpiece “The Godfather”, a film chronicling the syndicate of a New York mafia family headed by Vito Corleone (Brando). The story unfolds as his beloved son Michael returns from war a hero with no interest to join the family business. However, after the don declinesContinue reading “Great Scenes: “The Godfather””

Spike Lee’s most significant New York film since his breakthrough, “Do the Right Thing”, revolves around the last day of freedom for Monty Brogan (Norton), a convicted drug dealer about to embark on a seven year stretch in prison. Lee sets the tone of a post-9/11 New York with an opening shot of two lightContinue reading “Great Scenes: “25th Hour””

Click “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” for my in-depth analysis.

Unfortunately, Twilight is a critic-proof saga and no matter how much I hate on it, it’ll still break box-office records. So with the last Twilight film upon us, I thought it would be rather interesting to explore the true story of how vampires came to being: In 1454, a ruler emerged in Transylvania (of modern day Romania). His nameContinue reading “Film Review: “Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2” ★ (1/5)”

Best Picture: THE ARTIST Leading Actor: Jean Dujardin, THE ARTIST Leading Actress: Viola Davis, THE HELP Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius, THE ARTIST Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, BEGINNERS Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, THE HELP Best Original Screenplay: Woody Allen, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS Best Adapted Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, MONEYBALL Best Art Direction: HUGO Best Cinematography: THE TREEContinue reading “Oscar Predictions 2012”

“Drive” “How about this – shut your mouth or I’ll kick your teeth down your throat and I’ll shut it for you. “ Mark my words; upon looking at posters of the driver, future generations will recognize an icon the same way we acknowledge James Dean’s Jim Stark and Marlon Brando’s Stanley Kowalski as symbols ofContinue reading “The 10 Best Films of 2011”