Posts Tagged ‘Ellen Page’
Film Review – Freeheld
Freeheld (2015) is based on the true story of Laurel Hester and Stacie Andree, played by Julianne Moore and Ellen Page respectively. A documentary short of the same name in 2007 won the Academy Award. The film deals with a case of equality in Ocean…
READ MOREFilm Review – X-Men: Days of Future Past
The X-Men movie franchise is entering its fourteenth year. Time flies, doesn’t it? We’ve now had six films showcasing the troubles of our favorite mutants existing in a world that fears them. Some have been well done, such as X2 (2003). Others – like X-Men:…
READ MORESIFF Film Review – The East
Last year, director Zal Batmanglij and actress Brit Marling surprised audiences with their first original production together, Sound of My Voice, a film about a cult around a supposed time traveler. While it wasn’t on my top ten films of the year, it left me…
READ MOREEpisode 221 – DVD Rundown 1-15-2013
Spencer and Greg give their DVD rundown for January 15th, 2013. In this episode they discuss Taken 2, Merlin, To Rome With Love, and The Man Who Knew Too Much.
READ MOREAn Analysis – Hollywood’s “It” Comedies
There has been a trend of each year having an “it” comedy movie: the comedy that everyone ends up talking about, even at the year’s end. Now, there can be more than one great comedy a year, but there is usually only one that both…
READ MOREFilm Review – To Rome With Love
There are very few filmmakers who can capture the romanticism of a city better than Woody Allen. From his hometown of New York City to London and Paris, Woody knows how to make a beautiful place look even better on film. With his newest project,…
READ MORETop 10 Films of 2010 – Henry’s Picks #9
EXT. BUS STOP – MORNING Two adults in their mid-twenties, one man and one woman, stand at a bus stop. The man wears a white T-shirt with the word “courier” printed in black across the chest. The woman, dressed in business-casual clothes, finishes applying lip…
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