Read our series of ‘snippet reviews’, written for film review platform Movies XL, summarizing some of the film industry’s more obscure movies’ value in no more than two paragraphs.
Snippet Reviews
- Review: Girl Walks Into a Bar (2011)
Directed by Sebastian Gutierrez, 2011. Cue scene. A girl walks into a bar. Of course,… Read more: Review: Girl Walks Into a Bar (2011) - Review: Road to Singapore (1940)Directed by Victor Schertzinger, 1940. Road to Singapore (1940) is the first in a series… Read more: Review: Road to Singapore (1940)
- Review: Death of a Superhero (2011)Directed by Ian Fitzgibbon, 2011. Superheroes like Iron Man and Batman have dominated many summers… Read more: Review: Death of a Superhero (2011)
- Review: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (2011-2012)Directed by Bill Condon, 2011-2012. It took exactly 47 seconds after starting this movie before… Read more: Review: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (2011-2012)
- Review: Celeste & Jesse Forever (2012)Directed by Lee Toland Krieger, 2012. Celeste & Jesse Forever (2012) is the kind of… Read more: Review: Celeste & Jesse Forever (2012)
- Review: Cool Hand Luke (1967)Directed by Stuart Rosenberg, 1967. After being arrested for cutting the heads off parking meters,… Read more: Review: Cool Hand Luke (1967)
- Review: Mojave Phone Booth (2006)Directed by John Putch, 2006. Perhaps the desert isn’t the loneliest place in the world… Read more: Review: Mojave Phone Booth (2006)
- Review: The Informers (2008)Directed by Gregor Jordan, 2008. Some movies make you feel that the end of the… Read more: Review: The Informers (2008)
- Review: The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)Directed by Joel Coen, 1994. Sometimes you truly have to believe that every idea counts,… Read more: Review: The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
- Review: Perfect Sense (2011)Directed by David Mackenzie, 2011. Perfect Sense (2011); the story of a chef and a… Read more: Review: Perfect Sense (2011)
- Review: Hotel Transylvania (2012)Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, 2012. When I started watching Hotel Transylvania (2012) I was unaware… Read more: Review: Hotel Transylvania (2012)
- Review: Hasta la Vista! (2011)Directed by Geoffrey Enthoven, 2011. Hasta la Vista! (2011) is an extraordinary take on the… Read more: Review: Hasta la Vista! (2011)
- Review: Achtste-groepers huilen niet (2012)Directed by Dennis Bots, 2012. The past decades, Dutch Cinema suffered a bad reputation among… Read more: Review: Achtste-groepers huilen niet (2012)
- Review: Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009)Directed by Gareth Carrivick, 2009. In the last two decades, there certainly was no shortage… Read more: Review: Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009)
- Review: P2 (2007)Directed by Franck Khalfoun, 2007. Christmas is coming and it’s time to get into the… Read more: Review: P2 (2007)
- Review: Diabolik (1968)Directed by Mario Bava, 1968. “Holy heart failure,” Robin called out. The children laughed. It… Read more: Review: Diabolik (1968)
- Review: ParaNorman (2012)Directed by Chris Butler & Sam Fell, 2012. We are truly at the dawn of… Read more: Review: ParaNorman (2012)
- Review: Rings (2005)Directed by Jonathan Liebesman, 2005. The psychological horror film The Ring (2002) and its sequel… Read more: Review: Rings (2005)
- Review: Kdo chce zabít Jessii? (1966)Directed by Václav Vorlíček, 1966. Since I’m writing my master thesis on the socio-political relevance… Read more: Review: Kdo chce zabít Jessii? (1966)
- Review: 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile (2007)Directed by Cristian Mungiu, 2007. In 1967 Romania’s last Communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu issued ‘Decree… Read more: Review: 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile (2007)
- Review: Little Shop of Horrors (1986)Directed by Frank Oz, 1986. A musical horror comedy that surfaced as a necessary answer… Read more: Review: Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
- Review: Ruby Sparks (2012)Directed by Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, 2012. Though Ruby Sparks is still a young… Read more: Review: Ruby Sparks (2012)