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Film Review – The Social Network
We open with a guy and a girl sitting at a restaurant having drinks. They are smart, confident, and intellectual. The guy tells the girl of his desire to do something significant, to gain the attention of the college clubs. The girl asks why he…
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In 1987, Gordon Gekko famously told us that greed was good. Flash forward to the present, and it appears that greed has turned in to the norm. With director Oliver Stone’s film Wall Street (1987), he presented us with a cautionary tale about the risks…
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If there’s one thing Jack Goes Boating (2010) does really well, is that it successfully shows love and relationships on the opposite ends of the spectrum. We see the awkward yet sweet interactions of a budding romance, while at the same time witnessing the effects…
READ MOREAn Appreciation – Casablanca
“We’ll always have Paris” – Rick Blaine If there was a vote taken to choose only one film from the 20th century to preserve for future generations to experience, my guess is that Casablanca (1942) would be that film. It is so iconic, so memorable,…
READ MOREFilm Review – Tetro
“Nothing in it happened, but it’s all true” – Francis Ford Coppola Tetro is arguably the best film of 2009 that no one saw. Brimming with passion, the emotions of the characters run strong, the pain runs deep, and the artistry is felt within every…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Good Soldier
What does it take to kill another person? To take another person’s life, to be the one responsible to remove another person from existence forever, and to live with that guilt is something that is hard for any regular person to bear. For a soldier,…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Town
The Town (2010) is a hot-blooded potboiler of a crime film. It is a throwback to the crime movies of the 70s, where cops and robbers fought it out on the mean streets of the city. In many ways, it’s a lot like a western,…
READ MORECity of God – An Appreciation
There are few films that have an uncanny ability to stir the spirit and rejuvenate one’s passion for the cinema. In a time where the majority of films released are routine, uninspired, and cliché, being an admirer of them can often times feel like a…
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