A version of this review first appeared in The Colorado Springs Gazette. To read this review at its original source, click here.
Flush from his success on The Hangover—the most successful R-rated comedy of all time—director Todd Phillips has reteamed with breakout star Zach Galifianakis for another hilarious comedy that pushes the bounds of discrimination and [...]

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I walked into Sherlock Holmes more than a little anxious. As a longtime fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famed detective and a voracious reader of his exploits, I was concerned that director Guy Ritchie (Snatch, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) was going to transform the beloved literary icon into little more than a [...]

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This review first appeared in The Colorado Springs Gazette. To read this review at its original source, click here.
Half narrative, half experimental film, The Soloist uses jump cut editing, a lurid sound palette and unsettling imagery to make a convincing case for how mental illness must feel. But then, it spins 180 degrees around to [...]

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