by
Julien Faddoul
Frozen **
An ice salesman and a Norwegian princess journey
through snowy mountains to find her sister who has frozen their entire kingdom.
A seductively indirect
representation of imposed heterosexuality surrounds this gorgeous Disney
adaptation of the Anderson tale (of which very little is actually used). It
suffers from its otherwise conventional plot and weak songs.
d – Chris Buck, Jennier Lee
w – Jennifer Lee
(Based on the Story by Hans Christian Anderson)
ad – Michael Giaimo
m – Christophe Beck
m/ly – Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez
ed – Jeff Draheim
p – Peter Del Vecho
Cast: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad,
Santino Fontana, Alan Tudyk, Ciarán Hinds, Chris Williams
The Secret
Life of Walter Mitty
A nervous magazine photo editor who suffers from constant
daydreams embarks on an adventure when a negative goes missing.
Old-fashioned and rather
bad film; inept in most departments with the occasional show-stopping moment.
Stiller’s heart is evident but shorthanded.
d – Ben Stiller
w – Steve Conrad
(Based on the Short Story by James Thurber)
ph – Stuart Dryburgh
pd – Jeff Mann
m – Theodore Shaprio
ed – Greg Hayden
cos – Sarah Edwards
p – Ben Stiller, Stuart Cornfeld, Samuel Goldwyn Jr, John
Goldwyn
Cast: Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Jon Daly, Kathrtyn Hahn,
Terence Bernie Hines, Adam Scott, Shirley Maclaine, Paul Fitzgerald, Grace Rex
Out of the
Furnace *
An impoverished man takes the law into his own hands when
his brother mysteriously disappears.
Bland and flaccid
melodrama made interesting only for its frequent dips into grim and misery. It
buckles under its own weight almost instantly.
d – Scott Cooper
w – Scott Cooper, Brad Ingelsby
ph – Masanobu Takayanagi
pd – Therese DePrez
m – Dickon Hinchliffe
ed – David Rosenbloom
cos – Kurt and Bart
p – Michael Costigan, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ryan Kavanaugh,
Jennifer Davisson Killoran, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott
Cast: Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Woody Harrelson, Zoe
Saldana, Forest Whitaker. Willem Dafoe, Sam Shepard
Don Jon *
A New Jersey brute dedicated to his family, friends, and
church, works through his pornography addiction.
Funny, well played but
slight macho-comedy that can’t help but wear every thematic device it unleashes
on its sleeve.
wd – Joseph Gordon-Levitt
ph – Thomas Kloss
pd – Meghan C. Rogers
m – Nathan Johnson
ed – Lauren Zuckerman
cos – Leah Katznelson
p – Ram Bergman
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne
Moore, Rob Brown, Glenne Headley, Brie Larson, Tony Danza
20 Feet from
Stardom **
Documentary on the careers of some of America’s most
prolific backup singers.
Irresistible subject
matter and colorful examinees carry most of this documentary through
its cinematic indifference.
d – Morgan Neville
ph – Nicola Marsh, Graham Willoughby
ed – Douglas Blush, Kevin Klauber, Jason Zeldes
p – Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen, Caitrin Rogers
Cast: Darlene Love, Judith Hill, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer,
Táta Vega, Jo Lawry, Stevvi Alexander, Lou Adler, Patti Austin, Chris Botti, Sheryl
Crow, Mick Jagger, Gloria Jones, David Lasley, Claudia Lennear, Lynn Mabry, Bette
Midler, Janice Pendarvis, Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Stevie Wonder
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