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Review: Repo Men (dir. by Miguel Sapochnik)
In the beginning of 2010 a scifi-horror film arrived in the theaters to much internet hype. This film showed a future world where a massive societal change and the resulting health crisis following it...
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Quickie Review: Phantoms (dir. by Joe Chappelle)
If there was ever an actor in the last twenty years who has suffered ridicule regarding his body of work it would be Ben Affleck. Nevermind the fact that he has actually done very good work as an...
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6 More Films That You May Have Missed: Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, Goon,...
Hi there! Continuing my effort to get caught up, here are six more films that I saw earlier this year but, for whatever reason, had not reviewed yet. 1) Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (dir by Alison Klayman)...
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Is It Too Late To Hate On Movie 43?
Originally, I wasn’t planning on ever seeing Movie 43. Remember Movie 43? That’s the comedy with the huge ensemble cast that came out in January and stayed in theaters for about a week. The trailers...
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44 Days of Paranoia #42: The Manchurian Candidate (dir by Jonathan Demme)
For our next entry in the 44 Days of Paranoia, we take a look at the 2004 remake of The Manchurian Candidate. (You can read my review of the original by clicking on this sentence.) During the first...
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Horror Film Review: The Omen (dir by John Moore)
There’s really only one reason to see the 2006 remake of The Omen and that’s the fact that the priest who convinces Ambassador Thorn to adopt the Antichrist is played by the great Giovanni Lombardo...
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The Detroit Film Critics Announce Their Nominations! Congratulations, Liev...
Awards seasons continues as, earlier today, the Detroit Film Critics announced their nominations for the best of 2015! Like almost all the other film critics groups, Detroit showed a lot of love to...
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And finally, here’s what won with the Detroit Film Critics!
You can check out the Detroit nominations here. Remember how stunned everyone was when Liev Schrieber was nominated for best supporting actor? Well, he went on to win! You can check out all the...
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Playing Catch-Up: Spotlight (dir by Tom McCarthy)
Earlier today, I finally got to see Spotlight, the film that is currently the front-runner to win the Oscar for best picture. Spotlight tells the story of how the Spotlight team, a group of...
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Playing Catch-Up With The Films of 2016: The 5th Wave (dir by J Blakeson)
The 5th Wave, which came out in January of this year (and that really should be all you need to hear), is the epitome of a “Who cares?” type of film. It’s another YA adaptation, taking place in a...
View ArticleHere’s What Won At The Emmys Last Night!
Last night, Lisa Marie did not watch the Emmys because she says that, “I’m just not feeling TV this year.” If Twin Peaks had been eligible to be nominated, I bet it would have been a different story!...
View ArticleA Winter Game Film Review: Goon: Last of the Enforcers (dir by Jay Baruchel)
Here at the Shattered Lens, Leonard Wilson is our resident hockey expert. He can tell you all about the in and outs of the game in general and the New York Rangers in specific. Myself, I know very...
View ArticleRemembering The Real Rocky: Chuck (2017, directed by Philippe Falardeau)
In 1975, an unheralded boxer named Chuck Wepner shocked the world when he managed to go nearly 15 rounds with Muhammad Ali. (He only fell short by 19 seconds.) The fight not only made Wepner a...
View ArticleFilm Review: Hamlet (dir by Michael Almereyda)
What if Hamlet was a hipster douchebag? That appears to be the question at the heart of the 2000 film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s most famous play. In this adaptation, a young Ethan Hawke...
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