Upper East Side Film

Insightful Perspectives on Upper East Side Movies

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Inside Llewyn Davis

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          The Coen Brother make perfect films. They are not always great films but they are crafted with such precision and attention, tha...
Saturday, September 28, 2013

Don Jon

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       This new film, written and directed by and starring Joseph Gordon Levitt is a spiritual cousin to "Saturday Night Fever". ...
Saturday, September 14, 2013

We're The Millers

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  Hoping to recapture the magic of the hysterically funny "Horrible Bosses", this time out, Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis f...
Monday, September 02, 2013

Short Term 12

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     This new Indie drama is a star turn for Brie Larson. It's a powerful story about a young counselor in a temporary housing facility...
Sunday, September 01, 2013

The World's End

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       Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are back to save the world. Working together with writer/director Edgar Wright (Mr. Frost also co-wrote th...

Elysium

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      This is the new film from writer/director Neill Blomkamp, who's first film, "District 9"  was a breath of fresh air in ...
Friday, August 16, 2013

Only God Forgives

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      And I thought "Drive" was bad. This new film from writer/director Nicolas Winding Refn makes his last film look like an Ac...
Saturday, August 10, 2013

Blue Jasmine

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      Woody Allen continues a hot streak with this drama based in San Francisco.  As usual, the film is written and directed by Mr. Allen a...

The Heat

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 After a promising '70s style credit sequence, this new film from Director Paul Feig quickly falls into a stereotypical, mismatched bud...
Sunday, August 04, 2013

The Attack

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Written and directed by Zaid Doueiri,  this controversial new drama asks difficult questions with no easy answers. Ali Suliman plays Dr. ...

Fruitvale Station

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Written and directed by Ryan Coogler, "Fruitvale Station" retraces the last day in the life of Oscar Grant before he was detaine...
Wednesday, July 31, 2013

The Bling Ring

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     Written and directed by Sofia Coppola, this new film is based on real events and is Ms. Coppola's most "mainstream" film ...
Sunday, July 21, 2013

The Conjuring

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        I've waited many years for a horror film to scare me again the way "Poltergeist" or "The Omen" did back in ...
Saturday, July 20, 2013

Fill the Void

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  A story of quiet beauty that takes place in a community of  Orthodox Israeli  Hasidim. Written and directed by Rama Burstein, a rookie fi...
Wednesday, July 17, 2013

The Way, Way Back

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 This new comedy/drama is a critics darling. It's entertaining and enjoyable but not quite deserving of all the accolades it's rece...
Sunday, July 07, 2013

World War Z

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The new thriller from director Marc Forster stars Brad Pitt as a former U.N. troubleshooter forced back into action to solve the zombie apo...
Thursday, July 04, 2013

Man of Steel

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Superman gets another reboot in this new darker version, directed by Zack Snyder. Mr. Synder strives for the gravitas of "The Dark K...
Wednesday, July 03, 2013

White House Down

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First Hollywood gave us "Olympus has Fallen" (and couldn't get up) and now thinking, a bigger director and more bankable star...

This Is The End

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Written and directed by Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg, this is a very funny but uneven comedy about the end of the world. The film stars...
Sunday, June 16, 2013

Much Ado About Nothing

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   Director Joss Whedon takes a break from superheroes to adapt a Shakespearean classic comedy. Using his own home for a set and employing ...
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