Movie Review: Detachment
Director: Tony Kaye Starring: Adrien Brody, Marcia Gay Harden, Christina Hendricks, and James Caan Plot: A substitute teacher is assigned to a new school. This school is full of rude students and cynical… Continue reading
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Movie Review: Being Flynn
Director: Paul Weitz Starring: Paul Dano, Robert DeNiro, And Olivia Thirlby Plot: An angsty aspiring writer, Nick Flynn (Paul Dano) reconnects with his aspiring writer father, Jonathan (Robert De Niro) at a homeless… Continue reading
The Sick, the Strange and the Awful – Paint Your Wagon
It took me a long time to work up the courage to watch this. I mean, on paper, it sounds cool. Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin, two of the best Western actors, together… Continue reading
Movie Review: ‘John Carter’
Director: Andrew Stanton Cast: Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton, Mark Strong, Dominic West Plot: During the American Civil War a hot-headed marine named John Carter suddenly finds himself transported to Mars, where… Continue reading
Movie Review: ‘The Artist’
Director: Michel Hazanavicius Cast: Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell, Penelope Ann Miller Plot: 1927 Hollywood and George Valentine is the biggest star on the screen. When sound technology takes over… Continue reading
Movie Review: 50/50
Director: Jonathon Levine Cast: Joseph Gordon Levitt. Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anjelica Houston Plot: Adam discovers that he has a rare form of spinal cancer with only a 50/50 chance… Continue reading
Movie Review: ‘The Man With the Golden Gun’
Director: Guy Hamilton Cast: Roger Moore, Sir Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams, Herve Villechaize, Clifton James, Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewellyn, Lois Maxwell Plot: When James Bond and MI:6 receive a golden bullet… Continue reading
A History of Helen of Troy on Film
Homer’s The Illiad and The Odyssey are two of the most famous, reproduced, referenced, and loved stories of all time. The story of the Trojan War is a complex telling of gods, heroes,… Continue reading
‘Man of Steel’ Trailer Fails to Take Flight
Trailers for Superhero movies are, on a whole, some of the easiest ones to sell the audience with. Even a terrible superhero movie like Green Lantern had an awesome trailer. The voice-over, the… Continue reading
Movie Review: The Dark Knight Rises (A Third Opinion)
It’s been 4 years since The Dark Knight smashed it’s way into theaters and shook the comic-book movie world forever. Four long, arduous and theorizing years that kept fans guessing and casual onlookers… Continue reading
