By Ricky Simpson There Will Be Blood Staring Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano Ominous faith, dire greed, persistence of family and the ability to choose which will define a person’s existence are among many cavernous overtones that tower over this Paul Thomas Anderson (Magnolia) epic about the birth of the modern nation. In this turn-of-the-century drama, [...]

By Ricky Simpson Beowulf Starring Ray Winstone, Robin Wright Penn, Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie and Crispin Glover They are calling it the future of filmmaking. It allows unlimited imagination without deleting the actor. Everybody wins, especially the audience. “Beowulf” is based on the ancient, epic poem of the same name. Well, loosely based. This is [...]

Ricky Simpson Dan in Real Life Staring Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook Every so often there is a film that comes along that is not a blockbuster and is not really promoted but ends up being wonderful, and you can’t exactly figure out why. This film isn’t gutsy, it’s not abstract, it’s not even [...]