NoFace for Film

Title: The Quiet Earth
Year: 1985
Director: Geoff Murphy
Starring: Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Pete Smith
Rated: R
Review by: Matt H.
NoFace for Film rating: 6 out of 7
Before we get started, a little caveat for the reader: this may not be the easiest film to find. Your standard video rental outlets will be hit […]

At this point, nearly everyone has seen, or is aware of, Dreamgirls. (For an earlier review, click here.) Based on the Tony Award-winning musical by the same name, Dreamgirls was well-received by critics and won a decent number of awards. People flocked to the theaters during the holidays to watch the timeless tale of a […]

In an ongoing effort to forward information and knowledge to the masses, and taking into consideration the constraints of time and personal opinion, I give you Condensed Analysis; A handful of films reviewed in brief (more brief than a normal review) and presented all at once.
The films discussed in Condensed Analysis are not necessarily […]

Title: Spider-Man 3
Year: 2007
Director: Sam Raimi
Starring Cast: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace
Rated: PG-13
NoFace for Film rating: 3 out of 7
Hollywood has a tendency to do things big. They take a winning formula and decide that hey, since those elements worked well together last time, why not futz with them […]

Title: The Last King of Scotland
Year: 2006
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Starring: Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, and Gillian Anderson
Rated: R
Review by: Matt H.
NoFace for Film rating: 7 out of 7
Perfection is a rare commodity no matter where you look. In no place is this fact put to the test more, than in Hollywood. […]

Title: Smokin’ Aces
Year: 2007
Director: Joe Carnahan
Starring: Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Ray Liotta, Andy Garcia, Alicia Keys, Ben Affleck
Rated: R
Review by: Matt H.
NoFace for Film rating: 3 out of 7
Smokin’ Aces is a classic Hollywood example of the old bait and switch. The marketing for this film resonated […]

Title: 3 Needles
Year: 2005
Director: Thom Fitzgerald
Starring Cast: Lucy Liu, Shawn Ashmore, Stockard Channing, Olympia Dukakis, and Chloë Sevigny
Rated: R
NoFace for Film rating: 3 out of 7
In 1993, HBO aired a critically acclaimed film called And the Band Played On, which detailed the beginnings of the AIDS epidemic and its deadly, eventual impact on society. The […]

Title: Saul Goodman
Year: 2006
Director: Jim Connell
Starring Voices: John Cammarata, Eric Scheiner
Rated: Not rated, but most likely R
NoFace for Film rating: 5 out of 7
In Forrest Gump, the titular character spends much of the film telling his unbelievable life story to strangers as they wait for the bus. Similarly, a chance meeting between two strangers at […]

Title: The Full Monty - Fully Exposed Edition
Year: 1997
Director: Peter Cattaneo
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, William Snape, Steve Huison, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Barber
Rated: R
NoFace for Film rating: 5 out of 7
It’s 1972, and the town of Sheffield, England is booming, thanks to the highly successful steel industry. A voiceover cheerily explains the many uses of […]

Title: The Devil’s Advocate
Year: 1997
Director: Taylor Hackford
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron
Rated: R
NoFace for Film rating: 5 out of 7
For years I avoided this film because it had Keanu “duh” Reeves in it, and as gorgeous as I find him, I just don’t care for his acting abilities, or lack thereof. However, after much […]