FURMAN ON FILM

If only... If only...this film utilized the talents of its director (the director of the original, fresh off the solid though...

To my memory, there has never been a less fitting film poster for a work of art. This film is nothing like the hazy, psychedelic fever...

I pretty much adore most anything in which Darren Aronofsky’s involved. This really has nothing to do with Whiplash at all, except this:...

Let me just be clear at the outset here: I wanted to dislike this film. I really did. I generally don’t like extraordinarily long...

My goodness, the hype around this film was massive! “Keaton’s career defining performance!” “Inarritu goes rogue and uses eternal steady...

"There's still some stuff in the basement." In a film chock FULL of quote board material, that's the line which hung with me after the...

One would imagine it'd be pretty easy to make a bad film. You just fill it with awful things. What's harder, by leaps and bounds,...

A thought occurred to me as I was re-watching Rocky III for the first time in many moons with a group of young male students last...

There is a very strong case that Rocky II is not the BEST of the entire franchise (see my review on the first film for more on this), but...

Rocky is the most predictable film of all time. Rocky is a one of a kind, truly remarkable sports tale the likes of which you'll rarely...

Never before have Sorkin's Newsroom and Sports Night made such sense to me. I'm tempted to deny their status as "homages" to this...

This is likely the best entirely too long, flagrantly overstuffed (and at times overacted), never still cacophony of connected...

Look, I get it. Cameron Crowe doesn't make perfect films. EXCEPT!...when Cameron Crowe makes perfect films. Except for this one time when...

This film shouldn't work. For me anyway, most things Baz Luhrmann touches don’t amount to great art. The quite decent Strictly Ballroom...

At the time of my initial viewing, Garden State completely changed the way I look at movies. This sounds like a major overstatement for...

Transit is really a remarkable picture. It takes the Nazi occupation of France, throws it in a time portal to the future, and abuts a...

The Mustang was my dark horse picture of the year (no pun intended), much like last year's majestic The Rider. Both were gripping,...

Let's make no bones about it. I WANTED to make this film my number 1. I really waaanted to so bad. Many years I would have. But, top to...