ReviewScifi
Elysium (2013) by Mark R. Leeper (film review).
In the mid-22nd century the earth has been reduced to desolation where most people live in poverty. Hanging above them is Elysium, a…
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September 2013
August 2013
ReviewHorror
Jug Face (2013) (Mark’s movie review).
An effective and atmospheric backcountry horror film has a family who worships something in a pit that heals them when they are ill…
July 2013
ReviewHorror
Rushlights, a film review by Mark R. Leeper (film review).
‘Rushlights’ claims to be based on a true story. I am not sure I believe it. Reality is just not that twisty. Billy…
April 2013
ReviewScifi
Oblivion (Mark’s take) (movie review).
Directed, produced, and co-written by Joseph Kosinski, ‘Oblivion’ is a new film that borrows heavily from other Science Fiction films but brings them…
March 2013
ReviewAnime/manga
From Up On Poppy Hill (movie review).
Goro Miyazaki, son of the famous animator Hayao Miyazaki, makes his own animated film. This is a straight drama with none of his…
February 2013
ReviewFilms
Coin Toss (2013) (movie review).
ReviewFilms
Side Effects (2013) (film review).
Steven Soderbergh directs a script by Scott Z. Burns, giving us a suspenseful story set in the world of medicine and high-profile prescription…
December 2012
ReviewFantasy
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) (movie review).
‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ is the first film of Peter Jackson’s follow-up trilogy to ‘The Lord Of The Rings’. The result…
ReviewFilms
Connected (2012) (movie review).
‘Connected’ is a story with two unfolding plots. One is Science Fiction and the other is a love story. But the love story…
November 2012
ReviewFantasy
Life Of Pi (2012) (film review).
Capsule: ‘Life Of Pi’ joins ‘Jonathan Livingston Seagull’ (1973) and ‘The Little Prince’ (1974) as being an adaptation of a philosophical book that…
October 2012
ReviewFilms
The Master (2012) (film review).
In the years after WWII Freddie Quell, an unbalanced and misfit Navy veteran, finds and comes under the sway of an American cult…
ReviewMEDIA
Arbitrage (2012) (film review).
Arbitrage (a film review by Mark R. Leeper) Richard Gere, having grown into looking the role of a silver fox of finance, plays…