by Rob Webster | Dec 28, 2012 | Seven Sentence Reviews
Any film adaptation of the most perfect live musical (are you picking up my biases?) is bound to somehow fall short of expectations, since perfection, cross-medium, would be nearly impossible, and this review is not a critique of the story or the musical at all, but...
by Rob Webster | Nov 8, 2012 | Seven Sentence Reviews
Note: In a first for me, I’m revising a review. And while both of the readers of this blog may decry such actions, it’s my blog, and I’ll do as I please. Why the revision? Because some films are better reviewed after the passage of a little bit of...
by Rob Webster | Feb 26, 2012 | Seven Sentence Reviews
The Tree of Life is a remarkable and beautiful film that, days after watching it, has remained in the background of my consciousness, profoundly prodding at me with its powerful images and ideas, and if that’s not the measure of a great film, I’m not sure...
by Rob Webster | Feb 26, 2012 | Seven Sentence Reviews
The Artist is a charming, even buoyant movie, a silent film shot in black and white, carried by the orchestra soundtrack and the remarkable charisma of the two leads, Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo, and a sidekick scene-stealing dog named Uggie. This movie is a...
by Rob Webster | Dec 30, 2011 | Seven Sentence Reviews
Lots of people will love the movie War Horse, as it plays on their emotions with too much music, overacting, and unnecessarily dramatic lighting. I’m sure War Horse is a wonderful play, and it’s easy to see the movie’s roots: Things fall out neatly...
