Articles by Scott A. Gray

Cloud Atlas

Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski and Tom Tykwer

PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2012

Cracking David Mitchell's dense tome about how actions ripple through time to shape and affect souls for the screen must have been a daunti...

John Dies at the End

Don Coscarelli

PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2012

Considering the prodigious lunacy of its source material, John Dies at the End could've been handled with greater finesse by a more resourc...

The ABC's of Death

PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2012

Even the most thematically assured anthology films tend to be a mixed bag. The structural gimmick driving The ABC's of Death takes this ten...

Hellbenders

J.T. Petty

PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2012

"Fuck you, cracker!" Those words shouted at a Eucharist by a member of the Hellbound Saints of Brooklyn Parish for the purpose of getting "...

Tai Chi 0

Stephen Fung

PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2012

What a strange set of stylistic filters to explore the origins of Tai Chi through. Chinese actor turned director Stephen Fung is obviously...

Much Ado About Nothing

Joss Whedon

PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2012

It takes a particular sort of courage to adapt Shakespeare for the screen. After its necessity is questioned, the justification of the dire...

Resident Evil: Retribution

Paul W.S. Anderson

PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2012

Chances are, if you're considering going to see another chapter of the Resident Evil ride, plausibility, careful plotting and character dev...

Writers

Josh Boone

PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2012

If you find romantic neuroses of the pretentious and privileged identifiable or amusing, Writers is a passable dramedy. Slightly correcting...