DIRECTED BY TIM BURTON/2016
Even as Tim Burton's latest phantasmic studio sprawl tends toward momentum of the inert variety, it proves all the more that the ...
Western Remake Aims High, Merely Grazes the Target
DIRECTED BY ANTOINE FUQUA/2016
When you put the word “magnificent” in the title of your movie, you’d real...
DIRECTED BY LARRY HAGMAN/1972
STREET DATE: SEPTEMBER 13, 2016/KINO LORBER STUDIO CLASSICS
"The movie that J.R. shot!" So went the re-release tag line for ...
Beloved Actor as Beloved Captain Brings in a Shaky Flight
DIRECTED BY CLINT EASTWOOD/2016
In Sully, Tom Hanks earns his wings straightaway as Clint Eastwood...
Bodies at Rest, Bodies in Motion in Rural Brazil
Award winning filmmaker Gabriel Mascaro.
A slow, living wind is blowing in, and you'll want to know about it...
Passions Collide in Small Town Jamie Lee Curtis Vehicle
DIRECTED BY RANDAL KLEISER/1984
STREET DATE: SEPTEMBER 6, 2016/KINO LORBER STUDIO CLASSICS
Aside...
Connery, Sean Connery.
How else to begin a round-up of the famed Irish/Scotsman's films on this, the month of his birth? Perhaps it's what's expected, and fo...
DIRECTED BY RICK MORALES
STARRING JULIE NEWMAR, ADAM WEST AND BURT WARD
What's this?? The original surviving cast members of the 1960s Batman television ...
Visionary Early Works by the Famed Expressionist Bring New Excitement
Youthful Fritz Lang
German director Fritz Lang led a life of danger.
At least, th...
DIRECTED BY DAMIEN CHAZELLE
STARRING RYAN GOSLING, EMMA STONE, and J.K. SIMMONS
Rated PG-13 for some language
U.S. Release Date: December 16, 2016
A...
Jim has been reviewing films since 2003 for outlets such as ScreenAnarchy (formerly TwitchFilm, both as Featured Critic), ImagineDat, and KTRS 550 AM. He co-founded ZekeFilm in 2011. He is Director of the St. Louis Film Critics Association, and works as video editor and Art Director for professional film and video productions. He also co-hosts the long-running comedy podcast, The Wonder Show. He is a life-long St. Louisian living with his wife and four children. He loves Star Wars, Queen, and the band Daniel Amos.
