Articles by Jovana Jankovic
Footloose [Blu-Ray]
Craig Brewer
PUBLISHED Mar 20, 2012
Depending on how cynical your initial expectations are, the 2011 remake of 1984's Footloose may pleasantly surprise you. It's certainly ver...
Long Story Short [Blu-Ray]
Jerry Seinfeld
PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2012
SNL alum Colin Quinn recently developed a stand-up routine focusing on the observation that, throughout history, empires have fallen due to...
The Magnificent Ambersons
Orson Welles
PUBLISHED Jan 18, 2012
Orson Welles's follow-up to Citizen Kane deals with many of the same themes: power, hubris, modernity and eventual comeuppance. But The Mag...
The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Blowhole
PUBLISHED Jan 18, 2012
The group of zoo penguins that first gained fame in 2005 DreamWorks animated feature Madagascar are back for more unlikely adventures. Thes...
The Iron Lady
Phyllida Lloyd
PUBLISHED Jan 12, 2012
If you're looking for a sombre, polished, "realist" biopic, you won't find it here. Director Phyllida Lloyd (Mamma Mia) takes a disjointed...
13 [Blu-Ray]
Gela Babluani
PUBLISHED Dec 16, 2011
Georgian filmmaker Géla Babluani's remake of his film, 13, features a strangely discordant cast. Consistently excellent actors like Ray Win...
The Debt [Blu-Ray]
John Madden
PUBLISHED Dec 16, 2011
Trailers for The Debt often amped-up the film's spy-thriller elements at the expense of the weighty historical drama it actually is. This i...
Little Big Man [Blu-Ray]
Arthur Penn
PUBLISHED Nov 25, 2011
1970's Little Big Man came only a couple of years after Arthur Penn's wild shake-up of the post-classical American film industry (Bonnie an...