Articles Posted by Rachel Ganzewinkel
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Movie Review: “Spring Breakers” – The Best Party of the Year
At first glance “Spring Breakers” seems like just another glorified “Girls Gone Wild” party movie. But oh man, that is so not the case. The tone is something more self aware and sinister. The movie,…
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Rachel’s Top 5 Angelina Jolie Movies
Angelina Jolie gets a lot of flack but, honestly, I will acknowledge she has chosen a few weird, shitty roles in nonsense like “Salt”, “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider”, “The Tourist”, “Sky Captain and the World…
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Dynamic Duos: Rachel’s Top 5 Director/Composer Teams
There’s a very special place music holds within movies. Whether a scene is meant to evoke tension, happiness, grief, or anger a movie score adds that extra element that further immerses you into a scene.…
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Movie Review: “Gangster Squad” – As Tired as Nolte Looks
The title “Gangster Squad” definitely sounds like a lame reimagining, or at most a parody, of a time period where “gangsters” meant dudes in slick backed hair with tommy guns and suave suits. And guess…
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Movie Review: “Les Miserables” – Les Awesome
“Les Miserables” is a musical based off of a French novel by Victor Hugo. The play is a classic and has finally been adapted for the screen. The story takes place in early 19th-century France…
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Top 5 Christmas Movies Not to Watch with the Family
It’s that special holiday season again folks. The houses are lit up and have cute decorations of reindeer and snowmen, the malls are filled with colour coordinated red, white, green, and gold merchandise and the…
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Movie Review: “Anna Karenina” – A Theatrical Experience
“Anna Karenina” is yet another beautiful and moving period piece starring Keira Knightley and directed by “Atonement” director Joe Wright. It’s a grand adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel of the same name that takes…
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Director Picks: Top 5 Movies by Darren Aronofsky
Darren Aronofsky is one of my favourite directors working today. He is a true visionary and has created no bad movies in my opinion. This is handy considering he has only made 5 full length…
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Road to Halloween: Top 5 Slasher Films
Alright folks, Halloween is that special time of year where everyone has the hankering for a scare. And sometimes being scared is considered equal to being grossed out by moderate to insane levels of gore,…
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Movie Review: “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”- A Rose of a Film
The director and screenwriter of “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, Stephen Chbosky, is also the author of the novel of the same name that was published way back in 1999. His novel became…
