ogradyfilm
Dec 18, 20181 min read
Review: Land of the Dead
After the end… life goes on. For the survivors–and for the undead. Humans hide behind concrete walls and electrified fences, venturing...
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After the end… life goes on. For the survivors–and for the undead. Humans hide behind concrete walls and electrified fences, venturing...
Logged on to FilmStruck to watch The Adventures of Prince Achmed, yet another unconventional animation—although in this case, many of the...
When I wrote my decidedly negative review of The Smurfs 2, I mentioned that I’d hoped it would be a “pleasant surprise.“ That was,...
A meteor crashes smack-dab in the middle of a small rural community. An extra-terrestrial menace emerges to terrorize the people of...
Characters. Characters matter. Especially in “scary” movies–after all, how can I experience true fear if I don’t care about the people on...
I was still feeling a little sick this morning, but I’m a glutton for punishment as well as a cinephile, so I willed myself out of bed,...
I’ve been in love with the concept of the Suicide Squad ever since I saw the “Task Force X” episode of Justice League...
I am currently subscribed to multiple streaming services that provide access to nearly unlimited movies. Thousands of long unavailable...
Black River One of Masaki Kobayashi’s many scathing statements on the sad state of Japan following the American military’s occupation,...
Produced earlier in the same year that saw the release of Hara-Kiri–the director’s scathing, blood soaked indictment of the popular,...
Yesterday, I watched Shochiku’s Goke, Body Snatcher From Hell, a haunting, cynical, and brutally honest examination of human behavior–and...
The flight is far from uneventful. Blood-red clouds envelop the plane. Seemingly suicidal birds smash themselves against the windows by...
As Studio Ghibli restructures in the wake of co-founder Hayao Miyazaki’s… “retirement,” several of its former employees (including...
The Secret World of Arrietty (scripted by veteran animator Hayao Miyazaki and directed by first-timer Hiromasa Yonebayashi) once again...
On something of a whim (thanks to a sudden and aggressive marketing push by MoviePass), I headed over to Union Square to catch a...
Caught a screening of The Flute and the Arrow at Metrograph. I’d never heard of it before, but it’s old and foreign, which always piques...
Popped over to FilmStruck to watch Gray’s Anatomy, a captivating monologue by famed oral storyteller Spalding Gray. As is often the case...
Caught a screening of a documentary called Ascent at Film Forum. Honestly, the description on the website didn’t quite convince me that...
Earlier this week, while browsing Film Forum’s website, I discovered a little movie called Manifesto, and it sounded so delightfully...
Saw two films today: First Man: Caught this one in IMAX—the ideal format for the experience, not only for the spectacle, but for the more...

