The film Mrs. Doubtfire came out the same year that my parents got divorced. I watched this movie over and over and over again until I knew every line, every intonation, and every gesture by heart. At the time, I had… Read More ›
Movies
#MovieQuoteMonday: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) Now, Mr. Prentice, clearly a most reasonable man, says he has no wish to offend me, but wants to know if I’m some kind of a nut. And Mrs. Prentice says that like her… Read More ›
Who Built the Arc? Noah, Noah!
And now in the “No Shit, Sherlock” category of entertainment news: In a move clearly aimed to appease potential religious critics, Paramount Pictures is adding a disclaimer to marketing materials for “Noah,” writer-director Darren Aronofsky’s drama about the great flood. The… Read More ›
Nebraska: Just Send Me a Postcard (Spoilers)
92% on Rotten Tomatoes? New York Times Critics’ Pick? Six Oscar Nominations? I guess I was expecting more. Alexander Payne’s latest film and homage to his hometown, Nebraska, didn’t much impress me. Like his previous films, About Schmidt and The Descendants, the film has a meandering,… Read More ›
Paranormal Activity, The Marked Ones : Hi, My Name is Simon…(Spoilers)
I think the best part of Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones is the fact that it made me excited for Paranormal Activity 5 – the next in the series which will be released this October. The other film sequels sort… Read More ›
Blackfish Documentary: It’s More Than Just a Film
I have never seen a whale, “Killer” or otherwise. I have never been gleefully splashed by Shamu, or marveled at the great eye of an Orca as it swam slowly and without purpose past me behind towards finger and nose-stained… Read More ›
An Open Letter to Leonardo DiCaprio: Why I Won’t Be Seeing “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Dear Leo, My first crush. Love of my life. I have followed your beautiful face for the last sixteen years, through the highs and lows of your career – from Titanic to Romeo and Juliet, to The Man in the… Read More ›
Fifty Shades of Grey, The Movie: Is Improvement Even a Possibility?
My Facebook newsfeed has been blowing up over the news of Dakota Johnson and Charlie Hunnam playing Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey in the film adaptation of 50 Shades of Grey. The mob is unhappy. They have such a clear… Read More ›
Somewhere: I’d Rather Be Someplace Else…
71% on Rotten Tomatoes 4/4 by Roger Ebert Seriously? This was quite possibly one of the strangest and most disappointing movies I’ve ever seen. Sofia Coppola must know someone in the business. I’m not really sure what I was expecting… Read More ›
The Great Gatsby: Vacancy Cloaked in a 90s Music Video
Ladies and gentlemen, put our hands together for the astonishing… What do you get when a director with a penchant for razzle-dazzle theatrics decides to adapt one of the most sparsely worded yet beloved and quintessentially classic American novels of our… Read More ›
