Last Days (2005) Play Streaming

<p>Last Days is director Gus Van Sant's meditation on the death of Kurt Cobain, and an extraordinary meditation it is.. Often an engrossing example of the sweeping, stirring biography.. A film about a junkie rock musician, played by Michael Pitt at his most narcissistic, doing nothing in particular for the better part of 97 minutes isn't my idea of either a good time or a serious endeavor.. In putting the onus for meaning on viewers, Van Sant has pinned the film's success to our subjectivity. It mi... <div id="rmore">0403217</div></p>

Last Days is director Gus Van Sant's meditation on the death of Kurt Cobain, and an extraordinary meditation it is.. Often an engrossing example of the sweeping, stirring biography.. A film about a junkie rock musician, played by Michael Pitt at his …

The First Grader (2010) Play Streaming

<p>. Stow your cynicism and give this lesson in continuing education the response it deserves -- more than a polite clap, maybe even a sitting ovation.. A tearful, joyful, imperfect, yet nearly irresistible ode to the human spirit.. Salawich's film is entertaining and leaves you with warm feelings from learning about this man who turned adversity into good for so many others.. The filmmaking is ... uneven, filled with charming picture-postcard scenes of smiling children and African sunshine that se... <div id="rmore">0790663</div></p>

. Stow your cynicism and give this lesson in continuing education the response it deserves -- more than a polite clap, maybe even a sitting ovation.. A tearful, joyful, imperfect, yet nearly irresistible ode to the human spirit.. Salawich's film is e…

Max Manus: Man of War (2008) Play Movie

<p>Just think of it as a movie about a friendly, sick old man who can be quite a handful, and put the real FDR out of your mind.. Essentially, Hyde Park on Hudson is a Shakespearean revel.. An epic by Scandinavian standards, Manus's period re-creation is lavish-but the too-polished rental decor doesn't create a living past.. This is a cool, collected, concise film - to its detriment.. They're a fun bunch, these Roosevelts and their friends. But even in this crowd, fun's just not enough.. There's an... <div id="rmore">1029235</div></p>

Just think of it as a movie about a friendly, sick old man who can be quite a handful, and put the real FDR out of your mind.. Essentially, Hyde Park on Hudson is a Shakespearean revel.. An epic by Scandinavian standards, Manus's period re-creation i…

Amazing Grace (2006) Watch Streaming

<p>The best movie I've ever seen. amazing in every acting of the players as real and natural.. Grufudd is fine, passionate and single-minded, though overly Romantic, and quietly upstaged by the extraordinary Benedict Cumberbatch.. Amazing Grace isn't quite an accurate title for this entertaining history lesson, but no one will ever write a song titled 'Amazing 20-Year Period of Parliamentary Maneuvering to End Britain's Role in the Slave Trade.'. So much to admire and so little to amaze.. A good --... <div id="rmore">0454776</div></p>

The best movie I've ever seen. amazing in every acting of the players as real and natural.. Grufudd is fine, passionate and single-minded, though overly Romantic, and quietly upstaged by the extraordinary Benedict Cumberbatch.. Amazing Grace isn't qu…

Hollywoodland (2006) Full Streaming

<p>Much of the film is absurdist nonsense, and its symbolism is of the plank-to-the-head variety.. The movie officially becomes the one thing Arbus's photography refused to be: normal.. Reeves had an easy but peppy presence that was very likable, and Affleck's moroseness doesn't do him justice.. . There's a fine line to walk when making a film about outlaws: A few wrong moves and, presto, glamorization occurs. To its credit, The Baader Meinhof Complex almost entirely avoids this pitfall.. Very good... <div id="rmore">0427969</div></p>

Much of the film is absurdist nonsense, and its symbolism is of the plank-to-the-head variety.. The movie officially becomes the one thing Arbus's photography refused to be: normal.. Reeves had an easy but peppy presence that was very likable, and Af…

The Last Station (2009) Online Streaming

<p>Isn't all that it should be, but whenever these two actors are onscreen, it's like a great night at the theater.. If you come to this expecting the philosophical depth and psychological detail of Tolstoy's work you're sure to be disappointed, but as an actors' romp it's delectable.. Despite its literary pedigree, this stagy production mixes ribaldry and campy overacting.. The movie works because of its heedless comic intensity; Kaye and his writer-director, Michael Dowse, chronicle the rise and ... <div id="rmore">0824758</div></p>

Isn't all that it should be, but whenever these two actors are onscreen, it's like a great night at the theater.. If you come to this expecting the philosophical depth and psychological detail of Tolstoy's work you're sure to be disappointed, but as …

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Play Streaming

<p>I couldn't buy it, and couldn't wait for the hollow spectacle to end.. The Wolf of Wall Street is a magnificent black comedy: fast, funny, and remarkably filthy.. It's hard not to feel there is a better revisit of Scorsese's crime gem already in theaters, David O. Russell's American Hustle.. As with Goodfellas, Scorsese's helpless attraction to the very behavior he wants to indict becomes the movie's serrated edge.. Scorsese, as always, knows exactly what he is doing. Although it's long, the mov... <div id="rmore">0993846</div></p>

I couldn't buy it, and couldn't wait for the hollow spectacle to end.. The Wolf of Wall Street is a magnificent black comedy: fast, funny, and remarkably filthy.. It's hard not to feel there is a better revisit of Scorsese's crime gem already in thea…