Email Author Nick Schager

2010 Stories by Nick Schager

• Ramona and Beezus Is Less Disney Than Hallmark Channel

  published July 20, 2010

  Despite the presence of Mouse House starlet Selena Gomez, Ramona and Beezus is less Disney than Hallmark Channel, a loose adaptation of... More >>

• Seen, Not Heard (But Still Loud and Clear), the Children of I Was Born, But ...

  published June 22, 2010

  Though the resigned melancholy of Yasujiro Ozu's famed '50s family melodramas courses throughout his 1932 silent gem I Was Born, But . .... More >>

• The Slums of Johannesburg + A Wannabe Scarface = Gangster's Paradise

  published June 8, 2010

  Crudely modeled after Rio gang drama City of God and its superior Scorsese/De Palma forefathers, Gangster's Paradise charts a... More >>

• Giving Voice to the Cause, the Rallying Cry of Human Rights Watch

  published June 8, 2010

  Enraged calls to action over injustice have always defined the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, and this year's 21st edition is no less vocal,... More >>

• Paycheck Prince Jake Gyllenhaal Cannot Beef Up The Sands of Time

  published May 25, 2010

  Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time’s story hinges on a dagger that can rewind time, a narrative conceit that doubles as a taunt to... More >>

• After the Cup: Sons of Sakhnin United

  published May 18, 2010

  A sobering counterpoint to Clint Eastwood's feel-good reconciliation saga Invictus, Christopher Browne's sturdy documentary, After... More >>

• The Fatally Eccentric The Living Wake

  published May 11, 2010

  Fatally eccentric, Sol Tryon's The Living Wake recounts the odyssey of outlandish weirdo K. Roth Binew (Mike O'Connell) as he delivers... More >>