Bright (2017; David Ayer) – Dare Daniel Podcast Episode 3 On this week’s episode, Daniel and Corky get the Bright idea to review David Ayer’s made-for-Netflix blockbuster starring Will Smith as an alternate universe LAPD officer and Joel Edgerton as his orc partner. Your unblooded hosts talk about Elvish […]
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Tangerine (2015; Sean Baker) GRADE: B By Daniel Barnes A relatively minor up-all-night comedy elevated to the status of a significant breakthrough by casting transgender performers in the roles of transgender prostitutes, and by refraining from ever psychoanalyzing or judging them. Meanwhile, harsh judgment gets rightly reserved for […]
Paris, Texas (1984; Wim Wenders) GRADE: B+ By Daniel Barnes These festivals are all about reducing my cinematic blind spots, so it is without (much) shame that I admit that Paris, Texas is the first non-documentary film I’ve seen by director Wim Wenders. That said, from my general […]
