FEATURED
Film Reviews
Film 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…
READ MOREFilm Review: Part 1 – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
In regard to world cinema, 2010 should go down as the year of Lisbeth Salander. Here is one of the more uniquely fascinating characters of recent years, she is an enigma that invites us to look at her a little closer, but pushes us away…
READ MOREFilm Review – Love & Other Drugs
Love & Other Drugs (2010) is a screwball comedy, or a romantic comedy, or a serious melodrama, or a satire of the pharmaceutical trade. Are you starting to catch my drift? In some ways, the film works on all these levels, but in others, it…
READ MOREFilm Review – Ninja Death
Ninja Death – I love old traditional kung fu films. It reminds me of my youth when I watched hours and hours of Kung Fu Theater. And since I was a hormonally-riddled teen when this was airing, I secretly hoped to see a scantily clad…
READ MORE