Skyfall
2012. 143 Minutes. Rated R. “What do you say about a man like that?” Skyfall is the newest installment in the James Bond legacy. Daniel Craig, the popular if somewhat controversial choice, goes for the trifecta, putting the golden touch on another blockbuster, this one well deserved. Add in Ralph Fiennes, Javier Bardem, and an emotional performance by Dame Judi Dench, and this one gets my vote for one of the best Bond...
The Reader
2008.124 Minutes. Rated R “It doesn’t matter what I feel. It doesn’t matter what I think. The dead are still dead.” The Reader, originally a novel by Bernhard Schlink, takes place in post-war Germany. A young Michael Berg (David Kross) is stricken with Scarlet Fever. Helped off the tram and cared for by Hanna Schmitz (Kate Winslet), he returns weeks later to thank Hanna for her kindness. The awkward exchange in...
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Pinky: “Me and the boys talked it over. We think you are a really straight fellow. M. Gustave H.: “Well, I’ve never been accused of that before, but I appreciate the sentiment.” Once again, Wes Anderson has given us the kind of madcap story that only he can invent. In The Grand Budapest Hotel, we are immersed inside of not one, but two flashbacks. An author (unnamed, but played by Tom Wilkinson) explains in an interview that all of...
