Andy's Film Blog

We go into revenge thrillers knowing what to expect, with audience manipulation being among the expectations. Therefore, if we treat them as...

One doesn't expect an affecting drama and a well shot film from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, but that is what we have with their ...

Nowhere Boy is a horrible film that takes all of the elements that made John Lennon's early life compelling and fouls them up or omits t...

23 years after the first film, the Wall Street sequel picks up in 2008 on the precipice of the global financial collapse A free man for seve...

Amidst all the hoopla surrounding I’m still here and the speculation surrounding its authenticity, what few are mentioning is how well the f...

The title refers to the cover story of a 1965 issue of National Geographic, and when two grown siblings find that their recently deceased mo...

Sometimes it takes only one film to open the doors to the creation of innumerous subsequent films and watching Breathless, it is clear that...

The 30 for 30 series finally lets the girls play, and in what was admittedly the entry I had anticipated the least, it turns out to be one ...

           The film opens with a television game show being regarded by a seventeen year old boy as he sits next to his slumped over mother....

David Lynch is a talented director who makes challenging films, and has a fervent following, as would be indicated by the number of people w...

In a career of ups and downs, Ben Affleck has experienced his greatest successes in films set in Boston, the city where he hails from. Going...

There isn’t really much to say about this one: a bunch of shit get blown up and a bunch of dudes get head tossed, knifed, and shot up—prett...

The Bad and the Beautiful tells the story of a heartless producer, and although not quite in the same league as the other 1950s Hollywood sc...

One Night in Vegas features some affable people recounting their personal experiences with Mike Tyson and Tupac, but this documentary has no...

For most men, many of our found memories include involvement with childhood athletics, particularly the thrill of the sport and the purity o...

Some people wallow in poverty, misery, and alcoholism. Henry Chianski thrives in them. Fighting shallow bartendeners for drinks in the local...

Angel Heart starts out as a 1950s noirish detective story on the tough streets of the Bronx and quickly turns into a gothic nightmare, enwas...

Jack (or maybe its Edward) is an assassin who lives life as reclusively as possible. Most people know very little about him and what he tell...

The Day the Earth Stood Still is the prototypical science fiction of the 1950s, containing all the elements, good and bad, that populated th...

To begin with, All that Jazz, the biographical film of Bob Fosse, is a frantic mess. This is appropriate however, since Fosse’s own life, es...

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is refreshing in that it is the story of an educator who does not act as an inspiration for her students, but ...

Most often, you can see a really bad movie coming from a mile away and avoid it without your wallet or your precious spare time taking a hi...

Jordan Rides the Bus tells a fascinating story and is made by a great sports film director, but perhaps takes the wrong approach in telling ...

I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen such a beautifully shot film, with strong performances from actors I admire, with such a nauseating, contrive...

Though not directly explained in the film, I think the Baader Meinhoff Complex refers to the different takes of RAF gang members Andreas Baa...