ANDY’s top summer films

Published August 5, 2010 by Myles Herod

Okay, so August is here. Only a few weeks left till the inevitable: school. For some, it’s a welcomed return to academic life, for others, like me, it’s a sad farewell to a warm summer of work and play.

Exit Through the Gift Shop (A Film Review)

Published July 8, 2010 by Myles Herod

5 out of 5

The truth behind Exit Through the Gift Shop is that there may be none. Like no other documentary I’ve seen, its content considers celebrity and art in such a way that, elaborate prank or not, we as the viewer are left enthralled by its sheer originality, as it morphs from a seemingly credible look at street art into a first-hand account of over-hyped notoriety.

Iron Man 2 an iron clad dud

Published June 3, 2010 by Myles Herod

2 ½ out of 5

When it’s all said and done, Iron Man II is a producer’s picture. With the success of the first so unexpected, the obvious thing to do was expand the sequel with more money. What we have here is an indulgent popcorn film with minor inspired moments.

Bowie In Berlin: A New Career In A New Town (A Book Review)

Published April 1, 2010 by Myles Herod

Bowie In Berlin: A New Career In A New Town
By: Thomas Jerome Seabrook
Everyone knows the David Bowie of the early 70s, an androgynous alien who… Continue Reading ›

Greenberg (A Film Review)

Published April 1, 2010 by Myles Herod

4 ½ out of 5

Noah Baumbach’s Greenberg is a triumph of perceptive wit and squandered dreams. It is of a specific time and place, focusing on characters so acutely drawn it’s scary how authentic it feels.

Funny or Lame? The State of Comedy is No Joke.

Published March 4, 2010 by Myles Herod

I find the generalization of today’s standards inadequate, that or my tastes have lost touch with mainstream mediocrity. Hollywood’s long-standing formula for comedy has been to typically clench onto a director or actor whose become hot over night, preferably male of course.

Shutter Island (A Film Review)

Published February 25, 2010 by Myles Herod

3 ½ out of 5

Scorsese’s signature genre of crime and violence is welcomingly replaced here by suspense of the mad and macabre. He has us enter a world slowly descending into insanity; throwing subtle nuances that have us ask, “am I the one going crazy here?”

An Open Letter to the Academy Awards: You Suck.

Published February 4, 2010 by Myles Herod

You have no original thought to speak of. To be honest, it’s quite sad. Here we have Hollywood, the very same community that virtually created the motion picture industry, now reliant on sloppy seconds.

George Clooney: The Last Movie Star

Published January 21, 2010 by Myles Herod

Above his persona and financially successful work, George Clooney remains an artistic commodity—a proponent of character-based storytelling and offbeat material. 2009 was his year. The release of three pictures, all within the time span of months, all comedies, yet all individualistic in style and execution.

FUBAR: Myles Herod Provides An Overview of the Best Films of 2009

Published January 14, 2010 by Myles Herod

What did the final year of the double zeros provide in terms of cinema? Well the best thing about 2009 was that it bookended a… Continue Reading ›