REVIEW: Flickan som lekte med elden [The Girl Who Played with Fire] [2009]
“You treat your friends like dirt. Its as simple as that.” Taking place more than a year after we’ve left Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) and journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) in The Girl...
View ArticleREVIEW: Luftslottet som sprängdes [The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest] [2009]
“You have been one of the most entertaining patients I’ve had in a long time” While The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was by far the most captivating and unique of the Millennium Trilogy’s installments,...
View ArticlePicking Winners at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards
Spree contributing writer William Altreuter, graphic designer Jared Mobarak, and I are going to share our thoughts on this week’s Oscar nominations. Let’s kick things off with a category whose...
View ArticleVIFF11 REVIEW: Till det som är vackert [Pure] [2010]
“Courage is life’s only measure” What’s worse than giving sex to a married man for money? Giving it for love. It’s a tough distinction to delineate for a reformed twenty-year old prostitute whose only...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo [2011]
“It’s how we’re taught about strangers” If Stieg Larsson had lived long enough to see his The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo become an international sensation worthy of two cinematic adaptations in less...
View ArticleREVIEW: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows [2011]
“Careful what you fish for” I am and probably always will be a Guy Ritchie apologist. I blamed Madonna for Swept Away and even bought a Region 2 DVD of Revolver in case it never made its way across the...
View ArticlePicking Winners at the 84th Annual Academy Awards
For the next week and a half, Spree contributor William C. Altreuter, our online film reviewer Jared Mobarak, and me will share our thoughts on who will take home the Oscars. Let’s kick things off with...
View ArticlePosterized Propaganda June 2012: Blockbusters Arrive, Creativity Stays Home
“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” is a proverb whose simple existence proves the fact impressionable souls will do so without fail. This monthly column focuses on the film industry’s willingness to...
View ArticleREVIEW: Prometheus [2012]
“How far are you willing to go?” **Potential thematic spoilers** The age-old question has always been an unanswerable, “What is the meaning of life?” It’s a query that could easily be solved on an...
View ArticleTIFF12 REVIEW: Passion [2013]
“Why don’t we kiss and make up?” Five years after his last foray behind the camera, writer/director Brian De Palma looks to take some of the alternative devices used to film Redacted and combine them...
View ArticlePosterized Propaganda August 2013: ‘Elysium,’ ‘The World’s End,’ ‘Short Term...
“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” is a proverb whose simple existence proves the fact impressionable souls will do so without fail. This monthly column focuses on the film industry’s willingness to...
View ArticlePicking Winners at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards
Spree contributing writer William Altreuter, graphic designer Jared Mobarak, and I are going to share our thoughts on this week’s Oscar nominations. Let’s kick things off with a category whose...
View ArticleVIFF11 REVIEW: Till det som är vackert [Pure] [2010]
“Courage is life’s only measure” What’s worse than giving sex to a married man for money? Giving it for love. It’s a tough distinction to delineate for a reformed twenty-year old prostitute whose only...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo [2011]
“It’s how we’re taught about strangers” If Stieg Larsson had lived long enough to see his The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo become an international sensation worthy of two cinematic adaptations in less...
View ArticleREVIEW: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows [2011]
“Careful what you fish for” I am and probably always will be a Guy Ritchie apologist. I blamed Madonna for Swept Away and even bought a Region 2 DVD of Revolver in case it never made its way across the...
View ArticlePicking Winners at the 84th Annual Academy Awards
For the next week and a half, Spree contributor William C. Altreuter, our online film reviewer Jared Mobarak, and me will share our thoughts on who will take home the Oscars. Let’s kick things off with...
View ArticlePosterized Propaganda June 2012: Blockbusters Arrive, Creativity Stays Home
“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” is a proverb whose simple existence proves the fact impressionable souls will do so without fail. This monthly column focuses on the film industry’s willingness to...
View ArticleREVIEW: Prometheus [2012]
“How far are you willing to go?” **Potential thematic spoilers** The age-old question has always been an unanswerable, “What is the meaning of life?” It’s a query that could easily be solved on an...
View ArticleTIFF12 REVIEW: Passion [2013]
“Why don’t we kiss and make up?” Five years after his last foray behind the camera, writer/director Brian De Palma looks to take some of the alternative devices used to film Redacted and combine them...
View ArticlePosterized Propaganda August 2013: ‘Elysium,’ ‘The World’s End,’ ‘Short Term...
“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” is a proverb whose simple existence proves the fact impressionable souls will do so without fail. This monthly column focuses on the film industry’s willingness to...
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