Matt Brown gives a succinct overview of the failures of both the J. Edgar Hoover biopic and Clint Eastwood’s post-Unforgiven filmmaking career. Courtesy of our friends at The Substream.
(Oh, and poor Al Waxman, he once was the King of Kensington!)
Archive for the ‘Video Reviews’ Category
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Video Review: Melancholia
Did you want two minutes of hyper-ecstatic stream-of-thought on Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia? Again, The Substream has got you covered, this time with yours truly talking fast in the damp November cold. The thesis: Why Lars Von Trier is the right man for the job of making a gorgeous epic on depression and self destruction.
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The Sky Is Falling. Matt Price Says Brett Ratner’s Tower Heist is the Best* Film of 2011
Madness! Madness I tell you. Mamo!’s Matt Price sings the praises of Tower Heist to the boys at The Substream, while giving it a very favourable comparison to the original Taking Of Pelham 1-2-3.
*In a conversation later on this evening, Mr. Price wants to clarify his position. He calls it his ‘favourite’ not the Best thing he has seen all year. Many cinephiles will actually understand that distinction.
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Toronto After Dark Video Reviews: Love
Check out all The Substream coverage for the Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2011, including the quite excellent print reviews by Mamo!’s Matt Brown.
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Toronto After Dark Video Reviews: Father’s Day
Check out all The Substream coverage for the Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2011, including the quite excellent print reviews by Mamo!’s Matt Brown.
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Toronto After Dark Video Reviews: Redline
Check out all The Substream coverage for the Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2011, including the quite excellent print reviews by Mamo!’s Matt Brown.
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Kurt Video Reviews The Ides of March
Tsecond film of 2011 to under use Philip Seymour Hoffman, the Ides of March isn’t half as good as Moneyball, but might boast the best cast since, well, Contagion. Here is a quick 2-minute reaction after leaving the cinema last night.
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Matt Brown Video Reviews Dream House (*MAJOR SPOILERS*)
Our very fine friends at The Substream are at it again, sending a most articulate Matthew Brown (the bearded-half of MAMO!) to see a terrible movie and then talk about it. Warning folks, he *SPOILS* the heck out of the movie – the A Tale of Two Sisters-esque Dream House – but does it in such an elegant and charming fashion (particular the Naomi Watts call-out) that you kinda sorta want to hug him for saving you the trouble. Check the review below. And listen to his “Watch This Instead” advice…Although, I have got to say, that I actually kinda dig Eye of the Beholder. Seriously, I am not kidding.
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Kurt Video Reviews Red State
Sure, I have already reviewed Red State (Kurt’s Review) when it opened Fantasia this summer, but the kind folks at the TheSubstream.com offered me a chance to talk quickly (an imposed 120 second limit is a stretch to the way I normally discuss movies on the Cinecast) about Kevin Smith’s sort-of-horror movie that, I believe, is getting a limited release this weekend.
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Kids Talk Film: Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom
Episode #9 in a series of video reviews in which Kurt’s kids, 8 year old Willem and 6 year old Miranda experience film fare on the edgier side of typical family entertainment. This episode is the specific impetus for the PG-13 rating, Steven Spielberg’s Temple of Doom. The children have plenty to say (making it the longest show to date) about adventure, scares and snakes.
The entire series, designed to be an unfettered look at how young kids process movies both in storytelling, plot and meaning, can be found on the Vimeo Kids Talk Film Channel.
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Matt Brown Talks SUPER 8 and SPIELBERG
Mamo!’s Matt Brown is over at The Substream (god bless ‘em!) and up to his usual shenanigans. That is to say, wonderful and personal commentary on a movie currently in wide release. This time Brown tackles Steven Spielberg, JJ Abrams, Super 8, and his own childhood.
We will embed the high-resolution video when it pops up on Youtube, but for now (unless you use an iPhone/Pod/Pad), you can watch it in flash over at The Substream:
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Video Review: Scre4m
Our Friends over at the Substream have been calling upon team Mamo! to do some of their video content. Matt Brown gives a fair and balanced look at Scre4m (“Scra-Form”) and implores you to watch Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom.
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May 14, 2012
The Future is Female – 2012 is the Year of the Empowered Girl
This year, girls are on...
- Movies I Watched at the 65th Cannes Film Festival 2012 (4)
- David Brook: Yeah a lot of the films have been getting mixed reviews other than Amour which has been pretty much universally...
- Bob Turnbull: Definitely looking forward to Beasts Of The Southern Wild – http://www.rowthree.com/201...
- David Brook: The Corbijn doc focuses more on his rock photography work, which is extensive enough to fill a doc. Saying that,...
- Andrew James: As much as I like Corbijn’s work, I can’t see myself digging an hour and a half doc on the guy....
- Mamo #247: The Snark Fight Rises (271)
- MrRTJL: Bourne and Recall have an uncontested two weeks after their opening before Expendables 2 is released. Its a good slot...
- Matt Brown: Bourne shouldn’t move, they’ve got a spot in the summer that’s worked for them in the past and...
- Cringe: If they do decide to do that, I think that would be suicide. If a broad comedy was afraid of getting cannibalised by...
- antho42: The Chinese government has adopted a recent policy where 3D and Imax films are giving special leeway in that they do...
- Matt Gamble: Rumor is one of Bourne or Total Recall will move to fill the void Ted left, though I’m not sure that is a...
- Robert Reineke: Ted’s my wild card pick of the summer, so moving farther from Batman can’t hurt. I have to think...
- The Future is Female – 2012 is the Year of the Empowered Girl (22)
- Matthew Fabb: It’s a tv show not a film, but I think by the end of the year Michonne from the Walking Dead is going to be...
- David Brook: True – plus they’ve even got female action stars like Michelle Yeoh.
- Trailer: The Great Gatsby (4)
- Andrew James: I for one love it! I’m a big fan of Luhrmann’s style and this looks great. I have to agree with you...
- Kurt: It’s very pretty, but it looks like the novel is going to be drowned out in the contemporary noise. I knew old Baz...
- Andy: I think autotuning was just starting to become popular in 1922.
- Roy P.: I was cautiously excited for this…I hate Luhrmann’s style. I’d say the trailer killed a lot of the...
- Cinematic Oddity of the Week: Savage Beach (1989) (3)
- David Brook: Definitely the makings of a marathon there. I’m sure my mate Justin will have a few of them.
- Matt Gamble: Savage Beach is actually part of a string of films that are loosely tied together. They are all glorious.
- David Brook: I’m sold.
- Mamo #254: Anything is Probable (3)
- Kurt: I may not be the worlds biggest LOST fan, but I could listen to the generous and smart and all around awesome Lindelof...
- Matt Brown: And Ken Levine’s response to Harmon’s firing, for any who haven’t read it:...
- Matthew Price: Here’s that link to the Lindelof interview we talked about: http://www.theverge.com/201...
- Teaser: The Master (6)
- Roy P.: Been waiting for this since I first saw TWBB five years ago. I’ll be there opening day. Looks incredible.
- Jonathan B.: Whoa. Hmm. It leaves a sweet taste.
- Sean Patrick Kelly: It’s funny to observe that his first four films were released within 6 years of each other before he...
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