Movie Review: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers does not achieve the unique majesty of the Fellowship of the Ring, but it might have a …
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Movie Review: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Every now and then, when you’re watching a movie, you realize that you’re watching something that has never been done before. When you see this …
Movie Review: Looper
Looper is a wonderful motion picture. Writer/Director Rian Johnson, much like Christopher Nolan’s Inception, has been penning this script for a long time. The time …
Movie Review: Princess Mononoke
It is a shame more people in the United States do not know the name Hayao Miyazaki. He is Japan’s version of Disney: his animations …
Movie Review: A Separation
A Separation is a wonderful combination of genres rolled into one: courtroom drama, family conflict, mystery, and a dysfunctional institution story. Director Asghar Farhadi sets …
Movie Review: Once
Musicals usually have a ceiling associated with them. By characters breaking out in song, the stories usually have a fantastical element, which serves to limit …
Movie Review: Beasts of the Southern Wild
Benh Zeitlin must have read Huckleberry Finn before he directed Beasts of the Southern Wild. The setups are almost identical: they feature a younger protagonist, …
Movie Review: The Social Network
Topics change, but themes do not. Worthy of a Shakespeare tragedy, along comes the Social Network, the adapted account of how Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook. …
Movie Review: District 9
I thought District 9 was entertaining, but when I found out it was made by a first time director with one main character (who is …
Movie Review: Before Sunrise
Admittedly, movies involving romance are not at the top of my Netflix queue. As someone who stares at formulas all day, seeing another “brokenhearted woman …