No, it’s not a horror movie, this entertaining documentary for both gearheads and environmentalists is a sequel to 2006’s Who Killed the Electric Car? Showing that gasless vehicles are coming back from the dead, this engaging doc, narrated by Tim Robbins, profiles four people behind the possible future of automobiles. Continue reading »
A fun, mindless caper comedy, timed especially well to the Occupy movement, Tower Heist has slimy Arthur Shaw subjected to a “Wall Street witch hunt” when he is accused of defrauding his clients. These include the entire staff of the Tower, the most expensive real estate in New York City. Continue reading »
The Philadelphia Film Festival officially ends November 3. Here are a few more films to see before the fest ends. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 10:20pm, Ritz Five Tyrannosaur Actor Paddy Constantine (In America) wrote and directed this nasty acid bath of a film. Widower Joseph (Peter Mullan, in a ferocious performance) Continue reading »
The Philadelphia Film Festival continues through November 3rd, where over 150 features, shorts and documentaries will be projected in area theatres. Here’s a rundown of what to watch during the beginning of this week. MONDAY, OCTOBER 24 7:40 pm, Ritz Five Martha Marcy May Marlene This stunning little indie drama—a Continue reading »
This nifty and luminously shot wide-screen Western suggests what might have happened to Butch Cassidy (Sam Shepard) two decades after he and the Sundance Kid were supposedly killed in South America. Training horses in Bolivia, Butch—now going by the name James Blackthorn—is cashing out and hoping to return to America Continue reading »
Infectious and irresistible, this documentary about the Kashmere Stage Band and its director, Conrad “Prof” Johnson is also inspirational. Thirty years after they were high school students, the high school band members reunite to perform a concert for their esteemed teacher. Some of the musicians have not picked up their Continue reading »
It’s almost more exciting not to already know the story of how Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) turned a failing team around with a tiny budget. Beane enlists the help of Yale economics graduate Peter Brand (Jonah Hill) who convinces him to hire a group of players Continue reading »
