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Film Review – Your Highness
Once upon a time, in a land not too far away, there existed a comedy fantasy film known as Your Highness (2011). ‘Twas a film that strived heartily to be a send up of other fantasy/adventure/comedy films. Once a person gazes their eyes upon it,…
READ MOREFilm Review – Hanna
Hanna (2011) is the most peculiar of action films, if you would call it an “action film.” Sure, it’s advertised as an action-thriller, and yes there are a number of fight scenes and chases in it, but for some odd reason, I wouldn’t necessarily classify…
READ MOREAn Appreciation – Network
“I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!” It’s scary just how prophetic the film Network (1976) has become when seen in today’s modern age. Both Paddy Chayefsky, who wrote the film, and the great Sidney Lumet, who directed, came…
READ MOREFilm Review – Hop
Sometimes, when I watch a really good movie, I become so entranced by it that it stays with me long after walking out of the theater. A movie like that wraps me up in its story and doesn’t let go; it sticks in my mind…
READ MOREAn Appreciation – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
It’s been said that it is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all. No film better expresses this than Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), one of the most unapologetically romantic films of the new century. Written by…
READ MOREIndie Film Review – Make-Out with Violence
How does one describe the indie film Make-Out with Violence (2008)? Is it a zombie/horror film? It kind of is, but not really. Sure, there are moments here that are tense and gruesome and suspenseful, the kind of stuff that you would expect from a…
READ MOREAn Appreciation – The Third Man
No film is perfect, but there a few that come close. The Third Man (1949), written by Graham Greene and directed by Carol Reed, is one such film. It is one of those movies in which every single element works in perfect harmony with one…
READ MOREFilm Review – Limitless
I have to say, when I sat down to write this article, I had a little trouble figuring out how to begin. Thinking about it for a moment, I had to chuckle at the irony, seeing that this review is in regard to Limitless (2011),…
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