Posted on May 8, 2012
By John Gilpatrick
2012, New Releases
RATING: (3 STARS) The way you respond to Bobcat Goldthwaite’s latest, God Bless America, might depend on your feelings toward 2010’s Kick-Ass. The two films have a lot of things in common—not the least of which is a murderous, and very nonplussed, teenage girl. In fact, the way both films deal with violence in general […]
Posted on December 21, 2009
By John Gilpatrick
2000s, Movie Reviews
RATING: (2.5 STARS) “World’s Greatest Dad” is a gutsy film from rookie filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwaite. It does things with a typically taboo subject (death) that are shocking. It also raises some fascinating questions. Is it better to lionize the dead and gloss over some of the less flattering details of his or her life? Or […]