Haunted history: ‘Sleepy Hollow’ gallops into season two
When we last left our heroes on Sleepy Hollow things weren’t looking so good. Season two picks up where we left off, and doesn’t slow down.
Cowabungle: ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ is confidently mediocre
By JIM SABATASO | STAFF I don’t like nostalgia. At best, it’s empty comfort food for your brain. At worst, it’s a delusion that devalues the present. The past was never as good as we remember it to be. Sure, I have fond memories of my own that I revisit on occasion — I’m not a…
Space oddity: Marvel’s ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ is a cosmic success
By JIM SABATASO | STAFF [A version of this review appears in an edition of the Rutland Reader.] Guardians of the Galaxy was Marvel’s big gambit. A departure from the familiar faces of the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D., the film tests the waters to see just how far out audiences are willing to let the Marvel Cinematic…
Growing up: ‘Boyhood’ is an affecting feat of filmmaking
By JIM SABATASO | CORRESPONDENT [A version of this review will appears in an upcoming edition of the Rutland Reader.] Over the course of his career, Richard Linklater has created a body of work that is restless but never lost. Slacker, his 1991 debut was just that: a meandering look at a day in the life…
A stand-up gal: ‘Obvious Child’ mixes emotion and humor to make a rom-com worth watching
By JIM SABATASO | STAFF The most controversial thing about Obvious Child is how uncontroversial it is. The new comedy by first-time director Gillian Robespierre stars Jenny Slate as Donna, a struggling Brooklyn standup comic, who, after a boozy one-night stand, discovers she’s pregnant and decides to get an abortion. That wasn’t a spoiler. While the…
The Plaid Crew 