Ides of March is really three films fused together. The first is a character story of the behind the scenes players in a hotly contested Presidential Primary. The…
Author: Parsi
The Guard [Review by Parsi]
In The Guard FBI agent Wendell Everett (Don Cheadle) turns to Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson) and says, “I can’t tell if…
Drive [Review by Parsi]
Drive is a thrilling, highly stylized morality play. The film is extremely well executed and a pleasure to watch. Based on the…
50/50 [Review by Parsi]
50/50 succeeds where too many films fail, it tells a good story. Too often films are trapped by side projects —…
What’s your number? [Review by Parsi]
To call What’s Your Number? a middling film would insult a generation of bland middle-tier Rom-Coms, exemplified by the utterly mediocre…
Moneyball [Review by Parsi]
More than anything Moneyball is an excellent portrait of Billy Beane (general manager of the Oakland Athletics). So, you can…