The Dark Knight Rises — The Circuitous Trilogy (No Spoilers)
Christopher Nolan has delivered in his final installment to the Dark Knight trilogy, and he does it with a solid, reflective narrative that – for…
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Magic Mike — Delegitimizing the American Dream
Despite Alex Pettyfer’s presence as Adam, Magic Mike is not about the beginning of a male stripper who is down on his luck and just…
The Imposter — Our Greatest Strengths and Weaknesses
The Imposter does not bait the audience with a mystery as to whether or not the man in the trailer is actually Nicholas Barclay, a…
Goon — The Best Sports Movie of the Year (If we were in Canada)
The incisor that slowly falls from the hockey player’s mouth, just after his blood forms Pollack-like droplets on the ice, casts Goon as a film…
The Rum Diary — An Uninspired Play on Fans of the Mythical Hunter S. Thompson
The Rum Diary is a movie full of missed moments, seemingly at times of ranting to its audience. At the same time, this film falls…
21 Jump Street — Social Hierarchies and Funny Anachronisms
In one sense, 21 Jump Street is retelling of The Prince and the Pauper wherein economic disparities are replaced by the gulf between the socially admired…
Ted — Perpetual Adolescence and Crudeness
From the beginning of Ted, writer / director Seth MacFarlane blends fairy tale and nostalgia into one film. MacFarlane-as-baritone narrator indicts the people of world…
Moonrise Kingdom — The Dangers of Conformity and the Anxiety over Social Order
Ostensibly, everything on the fictional island of New Penzance is out of a Normal Rockwell painting. The colors are clean, the children are adorned with…
The King’s Speech — A History of the Devalued Politician
The King’s Speech is well acted, (characteristically by Geoffrey Rush and Colin Firth, who won the Oscar he should have won for A Single Man)…
We Bought a Zoo — Lions, Tigers, Denial, Oh Mee
Perhaps my low-to-no expectations influenced what I’m about to write here. Or, perhaps Cameron Crowe’s characteristically solid soundtrack brought me to a nostalgic familiar place….