100 Words Or Less (SXSW): “The Happy Poet”
I’m only four films in, but Austinite Paul Gordon has served up my favorite of SXSW in this comedy about an organic food stand that feels, well, organic. Gordon stars as Bill, [...]
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100 Words or Less: “Crazy Heart”
Comparisons to The Wrestler are inevitable, but Crazy Heart is a much different film – trading emotional gut-punches for downplayed subtlety. The centerpiece is the Oscar-winning performance by the great Jeff Bridges [...]
Mar 13, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
100 Words Or Less: “First Blood”
If you haven’t seen First Blood, then you probably wouldn’t believe that the body count in this movie is minuscule. Oh, and that, per Sylvester Stallone’s request, the film focuses more on the [...]
Mar 10, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
100 Words Or Less: “Dear Zachary: A Letter To A Son About His Father”
Dear Zachary is psychological gauntlet, inciting every emotional response from rage to despair, from relief to defeat…all in about 90 minutes.
Mar 10, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
100 Words Or Less: “Amadeus”
Miloš Forman constructs his film with audacious exaggeration – in set design, costumes, acting and plot – the only way to truly complement the legendary music man’s outrageous persona.
Mar 09, 2010 | 8 comments | View Post
100 Words Or Less: 2010 Best Picture Noms
100 Words or Less is one of the staples here at FlickSided. We take pride in being able to get across the essence of a film in a short blurb of a [...]
Mar 07, 2010 | 10 comments | View Post
100 Words or Less: “Melinda And Melinda”
Woody Allen makes movies at such a blistering pace that some are bound to feel rushed, choppy, and simply out of the typical rhythm that Allen’s writing seems to adopt. Melinda and [...]
Mar 05, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
100 Words Or Less: “Revolutionary Road”
There’s two ways to watch this Sam Mendes flick: A.) As an actors duel between Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, with Michael Shannon throwing his hat in the ring with an electric, [...]
Mar 04, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
100 Words Or Less: “I Love You, Man”
This Apatowesque film from the co-writer of Meet the Parents owes its success to its stars — Paul Rudd and Jason Segel. Adam Sandler and Kevin James tried something similar a few [...]
Mar 02, 2010 | 8 comments | View Post
100 Words or Less: “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus was forced to undergo a series of changes following the death of its star, Heath Ledger. Gilliam enlisted Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law to substitute [...]
Feb 26, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
100 Words Or Less: “The Running Man”
Sure, the film’s look hasn’t aged well. What has aged well, however, is the film’s concept. Never before has our society been more obsessed with gratuitous violence and reality TV. With our [...]
Feb 24, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
100 Words Or Less: “Out Of Sight”
Out Of Sight is Steven Soderbergh’s third best movie and arguably the best adaption of an Elmore Leonard novel ever. It’s smoother than both Tarantino’s Jackie Brown and Sonnenfeld’s Get Shorty. What [...]
Feb 21, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
100 Words Or Less: “Shutter Island”
It’s hard to not get excited for a Martin Scorsese movie, and this was certainly no exception, especially after its release date was pushed back. Leonardo DiCaprio is outstanding as the complicated, [...]
Feb 19, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
100 Words Or Less: “The Wrestler”
Talk about Oscar snubs. Not only did Mickey Rourke not win Best Actor, but The Wrestler didn’t even get nominated for Best Picture in 2009. I’m not sure what the voters had [...]
Feb 16, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
100 Words Or Less: “Charade”
Do you realize you’ve had three names in the past two days? I don’t even know who I’m talking to any more! Meanwhile, the audience doesn’t know who it is watching — [...]
100 Words Or Less: “Match Point”
Woody Allen’s departure film was among the more underrated films of the 2000s. Jonathan Rhys Meyers shines as the charming protagonist you should hate, but can’t. And the opera arias compliment the [...]
Feb 13, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
100 Words Or Less: “The Wolfman”
How do you take a classic tale, add four brilliant actors and churn out the cheesiest monster flick since The Monster Squad? Ask scribes Andrew Kevin Walker and David Self — they [...]
Feb 12, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
100 Words or Less: Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day has become one of the many classics in Bill Murray’s career, a comedy that really only gets better after each and every viewing, which is fitting given the subject matter. [...]
Feb 02, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
