My Week With Marilyn — The Search For Truth in a Memoir
Having been born a touch shy of two decades after the death of Marilyn Monroe, I have only her filmography and Google images to comprehend…
Post-Traumatic Jedi Mind Tricks Disorder
Oh, the humiliation. The sorrow. (via Ladysatan)
The Best Fake Criterion Collection Films
The Criterion Collection is a film series that attempts to highlight the best movies ever made. Considering that Armageddon and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button…
Paul — America and Alien Culture
Until Attack the Block came out earlier this year, there was a paucity of British, alien-centric films. Monsters, a 2010 film written and directed by…
Conviction — The Currency of Life
Conviction walks the well-worn path of “underprivileged youth cum adult done good,” but does it better than most. From a distance, this Hilary Swank an…
Great Movie Quotes: The Rock
There are many things I love about The Rock. In fact, there are perhaps no things I don’t love about The Rock. In particular, I love…
The Muppets — A Fine Time to Join the Crew
Nostalgia drove me to the theater, and part of me was frightened when purchasing tickets, not because I feared being one of a handful of…
The Next Three Days — Surveillance, Truth, and Youtube
Deciding to watch The Next Three Days took longer than actually watching the film. Paul Haggis might be one of the most polemic directors today…
J. Edgar – A Meditation on Heroes, History, Villains and Anti-Villains
The rapper K’naan has a song that begins: “Until the lion learns to speak/the tales of hunting will be weak” It implies an empathic view of…
Limitless — A Film by Any Other Name Still Needs Boundaries
Amidst the mishmash of clichés, Limitless is okay, but the first thirty seconds impel the viewer to question “Why do I watch?” as it presents…