Drama
Film Review – Love, Rosie
If this were two decades ago, Love, Rosie (2014) would have been the perfect vehicle for a Julia Roberts or Meg Ryan. The material is similar to the projects that made those two stars. Light romantic comedies that follow the same pattern: girl meets boy,…
READ MOREFilm Review – Black Sea
Director Kevin Macdonald certainly does not keep to a certain genre of film. He is known for documentaries and dramas, his most famous being The Last King of Scotland. Macdonald ventures into the likes of other submarine set drama films with Black Sea.
READ MOREFilm Review – Match
One of the hardest things to do cinematically is having people sit down and talk. For one, the dialogue needs to maintain our attention. And two, there has to be a reason for characters to stick around when the conversation gets tough. In reality, some…
READ MOREFilm Review – Mommy
In the past few years, a handful of films are experimental, pushing the industry into new territories. Many films try to do this, but do not have much meaning or substance to back up its adventurous takes on film making. Mommy is a French Canadian…
READ MOREFilm Review – When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism
Making movies is a wonderful creative process. A group of people coming together to make one singular piece of art is a fascinating way to explore the possibilities of imagination. What some viewers may not realize is that it can also be difficult, tedious, and…
READ MOREFilm Review – Two Days, One Night
Two Days, One Night, from directors Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, is about one woman’s weekend quest to save her job. Sandra (Marion Cotillard) works at a solar panel company and is currently out on sick leave. She finds out on a Friday that her coworkers…
READ MOREFilm Review – Mr. Turner
J.M.W. Turner was considered a controversial painter in the 19th century. His use of light and his elevating of landscape painting as an art form to rival historical paintings in England was seen as one of the key forerunners of the impressionist movement. Fellow artists…
READ MOREFilm Review – Wild
Cheryl Strayed (Reese Witherspoon) is preparing to go on a 1,100-mile hike on the Pacific Crest Trail in Wild. We are not told why, but sense that this is something she thinks she needs to do even though she cannot say why. As she starts out, she…
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