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Film Review – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The latest installment of The Chronicles of Narnia series, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, picks up the story a few years after the last outing, Prince Caspian. The three eldest children have gotten too old to be able to transport back to Narnia, leaving…
READ MOREFilm Review – Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) doesn’t just take what we know of Santa Claus and flips him on his head, it also throws him in the blender, breaks him down, builds him back up, gives him fangs and a mean attitude. Written and directed…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Pope’s Toilet
It is 1988, and there is small village in Uruguay that the Pope is coming to visit – a once in a lifetime event. The whole village is trying to figure out a way to capitalize on his visit – literally capitalize since they’re setting…
READ MOREFilm Review – Black Swan
In his latest film, director Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, and The Wrestler) creates a psychoactive, sexual thriller that, like his previous films, taps into the raw emotion of human obsession. Black Swan tells the story of Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman),…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Tourist
Man, beautiful people get to have all the fun, especially if they are wealthy beautiful people. They get to wear the best looking clothes, they get to go to the most beautiful places on earth, stay at the trendiest hotels, and eat the best kind…
READ MOREFilm Review – Love and Other Drugs
I knew this movie was a depressing chick flick, but I was still game to see it. Here’s why – I’m a sucker for Jake Gyllenhaal (and his wack job sister Maggie), and my grandmother has Parkinson’s (which is what the movie is about). (Plus…
READ MOREFilm Review: Part 3 – The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest
The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (2010) picks up literally where Fire leaves off. It completes the story of one of the most interesting and endearing characters of recent film memory. There isn’t a person that comes to mind that is like Lisbeth Salander…
READ MOREFilm Review: Part 2 – The Girl Who Played With Fire
There are many questions that surround Lisbeth Salander. She has an enormous tattoo of a dragon on her back, but we don’t know how she got it or why. She has sex with her girlfriend, but it’s not so much an expression of love but…
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