Paul Giamatti

STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON Movie Review – Hip-Hop History Comes Alive
STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON: Simultaneously de-mythologizes and re-mythologizes N.W.A.’s contributions to rap music and hip-hop culture.

LOVE & MERCY Movie Review – Two Brians Enter, One Brian Leaves
Love & Mercy offers more than just the standard, reductive biopic clichés, focusing less on interpersonal conflicts than Wilson’s creative process.

LOVE & MERCY: A Portrait of a Complex Genius – DIFF 2015 Movie Review
Love & Mercy is based on the troubled life of The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson. The film tells parallel narratives of Wilson’s life with Paul Dano (Looper, There Will Be Blood) playing the younger, 1960s era Brian Wilson and John Cusack (High Fidelity, Grosse Point Blank) playing the older, 1980s era Brian Wilson. Love &

Stay Inside! CGI Fireworks are Better than the Real Thing
Why go outside for the Fourth of July when you can be patriotic indoors?

The Blu-Rays/DVDs You Need to Buy This Month Part 2
There’s almost always an awesome film coming out on Blu-Ray or DVD each month, so which ones should you pay attention to this month?

Enter To Win 12 YEARS A SLAVE on Blu-ray
Enter to win 12 YEARS A SLAVE on Blu-ray from Screen Invasion!

ROMEO AND JULIET Blu-ray Review
Carlo Carlei’s ROMEO AND JULIET is superficial—beautiful on the surface but without sufficient emotional depth.

12 YEARS A SLAVE on Blu-ray/DVD—March 4
Steve McQueen’s award-winning historical drama 12 YEARS A SLAVE hits Blu-ray and DVD on March 4.

Most Anticipated Films of 2014
It’s a new year and that means a whole big batch of new movies! 2014 is sure to make any film lover excited!

SAVING MR. BANKS Movie Review
Any time a film purports to be “based on a true story,” it’s an invitation for moviegoers to accept the general, if not the specific, parameters of that story as objectively true, along, of course, with whatever emotional and/or universal truths lie at the center of that story, but when

Enter to Win an ALL IS BRIGHT Signed Poster & Blu-Ray Prize Pack!
In celebration of the holidays, we’ve got an amazing prize pack for one lucky Invader! Not only will it include an All is Bright signed poster from its star Paul Giamatti, but we’ve also got a slew of other Blu-ray titles including Our Idiot Brother, Pawn Shop Chronicles, Demoted, Cooper’s Christmas, Operation: Endgame, and Sunshine Cleaning.

12 YEARS A SLAVE Movie Review
With just two art-house films in five years, Hunger and Shame, Steve McQueen has moved to the front ranks of world cinema. A meteoric rise, certainly, but a deserving one nonetheless. Shame and Hunger highlighted McQueen’s preoccupations with a rigorous, austere formalism and the extremes of physical, emotional, and spiritual

4 Must-See Movies in October
We know not everyone has time for every major release or big movie, so instead of featuring 10 great films a month, these are four films that cannot be missed in October.

Interview: Paul Giamatti on ALL IS BRIGHT, PARKLAND, & JOHN DIES AT THE END 2
Actor Paul Giamatti talks to us about his new film ALL IS BRIGHT, playing real life characters like Abraham Zapruder in PARKLAND, and the chances of a JOHN DIES AT THE END sequel.

ALL IS BRIGHT Movie Review
ALL IS BRIGHT is a simple and pleasing dramedy thanks to Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti, and a well crafted script about desperation, friendship, and family.