Real Men Bake Pies in Melodramatic Throwback
DIRECTED BY JASON REITMAN/2013
Kate Winslet is a Real Woman. And Josh Brolin is a Real Man. And yet, they canno...
Mini Reviews of the Contenders for Best Animated and Best Live Action Shorts
Each year, millions of Oscar viewers who are inclined to play along at home pickin...
The 2011 Documentary Pastiche Address Civil Rights Then and Now.
DIRECTED BY GÖRAN HUGO OLSSON/2011
Black Power Mixtape does not succumb. It is a documentar...
Buddy Cop Comedy Doesn't Go Anywhere
DIRECTED BY TIM STORY/2014
When it comes to Ride Along, the new unremarkable comedy starring Kevin Hart and Ice Cube, i...
Animated Squirrel Film Fails to Crack Up Viewers
DIRECTED BY PETER LEPENIOTIS/2014
After a prolonged season of amused-with-themselves animated studio films ...
GRAVITY Outweighs SLAVE In Reader-Generated Variant List
ZekeFilm.org readers will recall that this site recently named Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave as our...
Jean Vigo's Masterpiece Drifts Into Cinema Immortality
DIRECTED BY JEAN VIGO/FRENCH/1934
In an effort to fill in gaps in our personal filmographies, I’ve jo...
Rome, in the Eye of the Beholder
DIRECTED BY PAOLO SORRENTINO/ITALIAN/2013
When your city is both eternal and nocturnal, you’re going to be among a lot of v...
The Future is Now?
DIRECTED BY SPIKE JONZE/2013
Hailed as one of the singular best, most important, and most thought provoking films of 2013, Her, the unusu...
Not Exactly a Family Destination
DIRECTED BY JOHN WELLS/2013
If you like attending your own dysfunctional extended family gatherings, you’ll just love payin...
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.
