Looking at Film Ideologically

I have two new articles for David Horowitz's Front Page magazine. I review Alan Ball's "Towelhead" here and look at the film's ideological content. I also did an overview of the political themes in Clint Eastwood's films here and discuss this mode of film criticism on my blog here.

David's "Coraline" and "Slumdog Millionaire" reviews

Coraline here and Slumdog here.

David's "Frost/Nixon" review

Here.

Thoughts on Oscar Nominations?

So today, the Academy Award nominations were announced. What are your thoughts? Any nominations you agree or disagree with? What about nominations that should have been made?

David's review of "Gran Torino"

Here.

Anthony Reviews "Milk" and "Gran Torino"

I have seen and reviewed the Sean Penn movie Milk and the Clint Eastwood movie Gran Torino. Both are good, though I like the latter a little more.

David's look at the politics of director Steven Soderbergh

My newest Front Page piece, focusing on political themes in the films of Steven Soderbergh.

David's review of "The Unborn"

Not a film I cared for all that much.

AFI's Movies of the Year for 2008

One of the annual film awards I like to check out is the American Film Institute's selection of the 10 best movies of the year. I guess I like it because it's an alternative to the Oscars and Golden Globes.

Anyway, these are their selections (in alphabetical order):

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Frozen River
Gran Torino
Iron Man
Milk
WALL-E
Wendy and Lucy

Your thoughts on this list? Disagree with the inclusions? Any titles that should have been in this list? :-)

David's review of "Doubt"

One of my favorite films of the year.

David's TV review of "Dragons' Den"

For the past seven months I've been writing about the work of conservative commentator and activist David Horowitz on my blog Books In Depth. A summary of these writings and my objectives can be found here.

My first freelance article for Horowitz's website, Front Page Magazine, was recently published here. It's a review of the TV show "Dragons' Den" putting the program in the context of the recent political question of whether the government should bail out the Big Three automakers.

I've recently submitted another article to Front Page which I hope they'll publish soon. It is film related and I'll link to it if/when they run it. I hope to write more articles for Horowitz's magazine in the future. If I'm lucky then they'll like my film-related piece and I might be able to write more like it.

David's "Valkyrie" review

Right here. There's a reason why we don't see very many historically-based thrillers based on true stories. I think "Valkyrie" is a textbook explanation of why.

David's review of "Seven Pounds"

The holidays caused it to get posted a bit late but that's OK. It's right here. I propose a model for understanding the film that might help people appreciate it.

Anthony Reviews "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

I have seen and reviewed The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

Even though there are a few things that would make it much better, I still like the movie the way it is.

Anthony Reviews "Seven Pounds"

I have reviewed the latest Will Smith drama Seven Pounds.

There are critics who say that this film is painfully slow for most of its running time. You can count me in that group as well. In my review, I attempt to describe, without spoilers, the experience of watching this film from beginning to end.

David's review of "The Day the Earth Stood Still"

Not bad but not great.