Christopher Saunders

LATEST ARTICLES ( 659 )

• The Revenant

  

  "I ain't afraid to die anymore. I'd done it already." The Revenant (2015) is already notorious for its tortured production and polarized response. Alejandro G. Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Man in the Wilderness

  

  "I never much agreed with God's will."Man in the Wilderness (1971) fictionalizes the life of Hugh Glass, frontiersman, bear-fighter and adoptive Indian. His... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• State of Play

  

  (2009) is an old-school thriller with a modern edge. Kevin Macdonald adapts a well-received BBC miniseries into a solid film, a topical exploration of and... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Madigan

  

  Don Siegel directed two crime dramas in 1968. One, Coogan's Bluff (1968) is a crude prototype for Dirty Harry, with Clint Eastwood as a Western sheriff... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Girl (2012)

  

  Alfred Hitchcock had a rough 2012. Sacha Gervais's Hitchcock purports to celebrate the director but depicts him as a repressed, voyeuristic weirdo. Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Hitchcock (2012)

  

  Since Alfred Hitchcock is among the few classic directors still a household name, a biopic was inevitable. But did it have to be Hitchcock (2012)? Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Red Eye

  

  (2005) is a nifty, efficient thriller. Wes Craven sells a paper-thin premise with commendable economy, helped by two effective stars.Lisa Reisert (Rachel... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Concussion

  

  In a movie season filled with cover-ups (Spotlight) and corporate malfeasance (The Big Short), Concussion seems amundane. Still, Peter Landesman's examination o... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Joy

  

  (2015) is a biopic of Joy Mangano, inventor of the Miracle Mop. That's likely why trailers promote the movie as vaguely as possible, showing Jennifer Lawrence... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Hateful Eight

  

  Credit Quentin Tarantino with this: it was cool seeing a modern movie in 70mm with Overture and Intermission, especially when coupled with an original Ennio... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Best and Worst Film Viewings of 2015

  

  2015! What a shitty year, cinematically and otherwise - I'm glad it's over. I didn't watch as many films as usual, but I managed enough to scrape together our... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Big Short

  

  In adapting Michael Lewis's The Big Short into a movie, Adam McKay faced an insurmountable obstacle: relating financial misdeeds and investment schemes to... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

  

  "Why don't you pass the time by playing a little solitaire?"One of Hollywood's most prescient films, The Manchurian Candidate (1962) anticipated a decade of... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Detective

  

  "There's more to police work than flashing a badge around."The Detective (1968) makes a surprising vehicle for Frank Sinatra. This crude, violent crime flick... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Third Man

  

  "The world doesn't make any heroes outside of your stories."Some movies are so flawless, their existence seems a miracle. Carol Reed's The Third Man (1949)... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Die Hard

  

  "Yippee ki-yay, motherfucker!"Few action movies hold up better than Die Hard (1988). John McTiernan's magnum opus shot Bruce Willis to stardom and spawned... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Merry Christmas

  

  SourceMerry Christmas to all my readers! Thanks for staying loyal through a rocky year. I'm taking the holiday off, but I'll have some more theatrical reviews... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Driving Miss Daisy

  

  "I think it's wonderful how things are changing."It's fashionable to pick on Driving Miss Daisy (1989), an unassuming drama that unexpectedly won Best Picture. Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Jungle Fever

  

  "There will be no penis between us!"No one accused Spike Lee of subtlety, and Jungle Fever (1991) tackles its subject - interracial relationships - full bore. Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Serena

  

  Shelved for over a year before release, Serena (2014) was a puzzling failure. Reuniting Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper right after Silver Linings Playbook... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES