articles written by shannon
If you experience an overwhelming sense of déjà vu while watching Safe Haven, it may be because you already saw the movie back when it was called Sleeping With The Enemy (1991). That film featured Julia Roberts as a wife who orchestrated a daring escape from her abusive husband and disappeared into the safe...
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Happy New Year! We laughed, we cried, we hurled. We saw Denzel take Flight, Liam punch wolves, and Cronenberg take something…Anyway, here’s our Best of the Year Picks for 2012. Shannon’s Top Ten: 1. Beasts of the Southern Wild 2. Life of Pi 3. Silver Linings Playbook 4. Argo 5. The Impossible 6. Magic...
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Chances are that you are familiar with the details of US Airways flight 1549. Pilot Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger safely landed his plane on the Hudson River after a catastrophic mid-air collision with a flock of geese that rendered the plane inoperable. The incident was quickly dubbed “Miracle on the Hudson” by the press,...
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Cloud Atlas is an epic endeavor of filmmaking that is brought to fruition by a trio of visionary directors, Andy and Lana Wachowsky and Tom Tykwer. Not only have they brought us some of the most innovative movies of the last twenty years (Run Lola Run, The Matrix) but they also relish in the...
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Let me begin this review with a quick public service announcement. If you intend to see Sinister, for God’s sake don’t watch the trailer. It will suck the scares right out of the movie. When I see a horror movie, I want to feel frightened. I want to hunker down in my seat, biting...
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If you are lucky enough to live in a city that has been blessed with the arrival of an Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, you probably already know that they feature some truly unique events for the movie lover. There’s a reason the brand is consistently referred to as some of the best theaters in the...
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Peace, Love, and Misunderstanding is a fairly rote piece of fluff, but exemplary performances by the talented cast make the film worth a watch. Catherine Keener stars as Diane, an icy and uptight lawyer who has just found out her husband wants a divorce. This event serves as the impetus for her to visit...
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One of the most fascinating films I saw at SXSW 2011 was an indie film called Sound of My Voice. The premise is modest-an aspiring pair of filmmakers decide they want to infiltrate a cult they have learned about, presumably to expose the leader as being full of crap. She claims to be from...
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Fans of “The Hunger Games” book will find themselves thrilled by director Gary Ross’s very faithful film adaptation. Ross has managed to depict Suzanne Collins’ vision with eerie precision, nailing the look of the glum and socially repressed districts as well as the opulence and excess of the Capitol. It’s clear he took the...
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I’ve been frantically trying to catch up on every movie that I should see before Oscar night, but for some reason, I have continuously shovedThe Artist to the bottom of the screener pile for months. I found it difficult to conjure up much enthusiasm for a film that is not only silent but filmed entirely in black...
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