Don’t Judge a Movie By Its Trailer I don’t particularly like Sandra Bullock, and I really dislike sports movies, so logic dictates that I would not care for The Blind Side. I saw the trailer, and like everyone else I wrote this film off as a heaping pile of Hallmark Channel goo. I gritted...
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I can’t really say that I enjoyed watching Precious. To do so would make me categorically misogynistic. Precious ( Based On The Book ‘Push’ by Sapphire) is a brutally punishing look into the life of an economically depressed 16 year old living in a ghetto with her insidiously evil mother. It is jarring, unflinching, and...
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Well shucks, call me old fashioned but I like my animated movies fresh, original and most importantly, funny. I went in with high hopes for Planet 51, the trailers promised a movie with a cute concept, ripe for feel-good humor. Unfortunately the premise is only amusing for about the first 20 minutes. If Planet...
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Up until recently, my knowledge of John Keats extended to a mere two facts: 1) he was a poet and 2) his last name is a great moniker for a pet parakeet (“Keats, eat your seed!). Having recently seen Jane Campion’s latest film, Bright Star, I can now say I know at least one...
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Smart and quirky, 500 Days of Summer Delights Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn’t. The tagline certainly doesn’t allude to it, but 500 Days of Summer is absolutely adorable. Compulsively watchable, it throws a few curve balls into the traditional romantic comedy genre, and is a delight from beginning to end. The...
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Apatow and company grow up and deliver an engaging movie Comedy juggernaut Judd Apatow (The 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up) draws on personal experience for his latest foray into funnyland. Apatow briefly flirted with a career as a stand up comedian, and he was roommates with Adam Sandler, so he knows a thing...
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Keeping America convinced that orphans bring nothing but trouble…… *Warning, this story contains spoilers* Oh the things that people choose to get up on their high horses over, and by things I mean films. When I first saw the trailer for Jaume Collet-Serra’s new horror flick, Orphan, my first response was “that’ll teach people...
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Everything you need to know is in the title Katherine Heigl starred in Judd Apatow’s Knocked Up a few years ago, and essentially got her big break into movies with that role. Ever the gracious starlet, she thanked Mr. Apatow by pronouncing loudly and often that the movie was sexist. Mind you, it didn’t seem...
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Kathryn Bigelow’s visceral movie will haunt you Director Kathryn Bigelow (Near Dark, Point Break, Strange Days) made the wise choice to strip politics from her Iraq War drama. This results in what is arguably the best of the recent movies about the Iraq War. Bigelow actually takes you down into the trenches with an...
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If you feel like this summer’s film offerings have been less than than kind to your intellect, here is the perfect antidote to your predicament. Moon is directed by Duncan Jones (who also co-wrote it). Fun fact: Jones is also David Bowie’s son, which seems quite fitting of this atmospheric thriller. Sam Rockwell stars...
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