Love & Mercy (2014) Review

Biopics, especially musical biopics, have to face a challenge. How on Earth are they going to interest and engross the audience in the genius of its main character with more than simply reenacting some key events in that person's life? How do they explain and depict the creative or revolutionary force that has come so far as to inspire an entire movie? Well, I don't know, I'm but a lowly internet critic but plenty of people in the movie business have tried their hand at it. Add to that list Bill Pohlad with Love & Mercy, his biopic of Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys.

Cosmopolis (2012) Review

Man, I'm normally always in for odd, heady stuff. Jodorowsky, Gilliam, Haneke, von Trier, you name it and I'll be there. But what I have to deal with here is really pushing the boundary. But of course, I am getting a little ahead of myself.