Tag Archives: Rango

The Best of 2011 so far

Posted on August 17, 2011 by The Filmsmith | 2 comments

We’re a little more than half-way through the year and given the plethora of films I, Remington Smith, and writer co-hort Ben Creech, review, we thought it would be a good time to chat about our favorite films of the year so far. Here’s that conversation: Continue reading →

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Posted in News, Reviews

Tagged 13 Assassins, 2011, best of, Certified Copy, Drive Angry 3D, Film, Hanna, Hobo with a Shotgun, Of Gods and Men, Rango, Source Code, Stake Land, Super, Super 8, The Lincoln Lawyer, The Tree of Life, Troll Hunter, X-Men: First Class

Episode 3: Rambo, Night of the Hunter, Sucker Punch

Posted on April 23, 2011 by The Filmsmith | 1 comment

In this episode, Scott Molling and I talk about Rambo, Night of the Hunter, and offer an amusing but fair take down of Sucker Punch and the films of Zack Snyder. Continue reading →

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Tagged Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, film ethics, M, Night of the Hunter, Rango, representational politics, Sucker Punch, Zack Snyder

Rango an animated comedy western – for adults

Posted on March 27, 2011 by The Filmsmith | 1 comment

As I entered screen number 13 for Rango, I noticed the plethora of chattering children. And when the trailers flashed one animated film after another, vying for the audience’s adoration with cheap laughs and the presentation of cute characters of varying formations (bunnies, birds, and bears), people chuckled and “Awww-ed” right where the marketing teams wanted. Then Rango started up and this 24-year-old man laughed his way through the picture while children sat in silence and parents thought, “What the f*ck did I bring my offspring to?” Continue reading →