Author: David Braga

Sometimes people get too eager for a ‘little movie that could’ story. Which brings us to Gareth Edwards’ new film Monsters, which has the unfortunate distinction of being a little movie that can’t.

It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what’s wrong with Stone. The pieces all seem to be in place; great actors, a script full of deep ideas, beautiful photography and solid direction. But it’s a film that never really comes together; one that desperately wants to become bigger than it actually is without actually knowing how to do so.

Last week I reviewed Rodrigo Cortes’ minimalist gem, Buried. I thought it was one of the most well crafted and smartest thrillers I’d seen in a long time, and gave …

Rodrigo Cortes’ new film, Buried, is the kind of movie I imagine Alfred Hitchcock would watch with a smile on his face. It does more with one actor and setting than most thrillers could do with a dozen.

A lot of film reviews toss around the promise that a certain film is “like nothing you’ve ever seen.” It’s an almost inherently deceitful statement; film, like all forms of …

I’m not really a believer in the fact that some people just “lose it”. I think if you have talent, you keep it, but often you forget what made you …