Eddie Pasa
Eddie is a member of the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) and the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS). Since starting in 2010 at The Rogers Revue, Eddie has written for Reel Film News (now defunct), co-founded DC Filmdom, and writes occasionally for Gunaxin. When not reviewing movies, he's spending time with his wife and children, repeat-viewing favorites on Blu-Ray, working for rebranding agency Mekanic, or playing acoustic shows and DJing across the DC/MD/VA area. Special thanks go to Jenn Carlson, Moira and Ari Pasa, Viki Nova at City Dock Digital in Annapolis, Mike Parsons, Philip Van Der Vossen, and Dean Rogers.
Posts by Eddie Pasa
(This review originally appeared at Reel Film News on November 2, 2012.) Everyone remember Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Talented Mr. Ripley and the movie that was based on the novel starring Matt Damon? The Big Picture – also known as L’homme qui voulait vivre sa vie, literally translated as The Man Who Wanted to Live […]
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(This review originally appeared at Reel Film News on November 1, 2012.) If last month’s Beauty is Embarrassing was my favorite documentary of 2012, High Ground has become the first documentary of the year that I demand that everyone watch; it should be required viewing for anyone and everyone with a television or access to […]
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(This review originally appeared at Reel Film News on October 19, 2012.) Wayne White is a fascinating individual. Having an artistic bent from a very early age, his output has reached far and wide, from art galleries to MTV. Chances are likely that you’ve seen one of his works, even though you may not have […]
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“The War on Drugs may be well-intentioned / but it falls f**kin’ flat when you stop to mention / an overcrowded prison where a rapist gets paroled / to make room for a dude who has sold / a pound of weed – to me, that’s a crime…” — Nick Hexum, “Offbeat Bare-Ass”, from 311’s […]
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(This review originally appeared at Reel Film News on October 5, 2012.) Everyone in this country knows our healthcare system is the pits, no matter what side of the fence you’re on politically. Bureaucratic red tape, avoidance of reimbursement or even paying for contracted services, Health Maintenance Organizations versus private care… it’s confusing and sometimes […]
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(This review originally appeared at Reel Film News on September 28, 2012.) When I think about Backwards, I feel like singing that Nina Simone song: “I’m just a soul whose intentions are good / Oh Lord, please don’t let me be misunderstood.” Its heart is in the right place, and its intentions are, indeed, good… […]
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(This review originally appeared at Reel Film News on September 28, 2012.) There are things I’d really like to write about Looper, yet I cannot, as I don’t want to spoil anything for you. Looper, as you may well know, is a time-travel movie having to do with criminal organizations from the future disappearing people […]
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(This review originally appeared at Reel Film News on September 21, 2012.) Liberal Arts shows us that our youth (and youthfulness) is slipping fast through our grasping fingers, no matter how hard a grip we may exert. Time and its pressures are a constant wear on the psyche and the soul, and yet we brace […]
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(This review originally appeared at Reel Film News on September 21, 2012.) Every one of us is trying to carve out a little bit of love for ourselves in this world. It doesn’t matter who or what you are; we all want to share a lasting connection with someone else. How we get there, though, […]
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(This review originally appeared at Reel Film News on September 7, 2012.) Writing about a documentary where the documentarian loses objectivity due to learning deep truths about himself is difficult. How do you pass judgment on one’s own learning experience that almost negates the proposed experiment? Kumaré is the story about a man who seeks […]
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