Written Film Reviews
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Movie Review: “What’s Your Number?”
Over-used plot and mindless cheap laughs, but hey, sometimes that’s just what the Doctor prescribed. I’m sure I’m not the only one who secretly likes cheesy romantic comedies –though I have significantly outed myself by…
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Movie Review: “Higher Ground”
Vera Farmiga’s directorial debut takes the high road. Higher Ground is Vera Farmiga’s directorial debut and an incredibly mature film. Following Corrine (played by Taissa Farmiga as a youth and Vera Farmiga as an adult)…
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Movie Review: “Puss in Boots”
It’s not as dirty as it sounds… Or is it? As the newest installment in the Shrek franchise, Puss in Boots tells the story of the cat version of Zorro (played, of course, by Antonio…
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Movie Review: “The Thing”
Living up to its 80’s predecessor/successor with 21st Century style For those of you who have spent the last two decades believing that John Carpenter’s 1982 masterpiece The Thing could not be beat; that his attention to…
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Movie Review: “Paranormal Activity 3”
…Happy Halloween? The third entry in the Paranormal Activity series is admittedly better than the second…but that doesn’t necessarily make it a great (or even good) movie. The first Paranormal Activity had an element of…
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Movie Review: “Beginners”
The year is 2011. This is what good movies looked liked. Beginners is the driest of comedies. It is a film that deals with relationships and death in a 21st century way. It is a…
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Movie Review: “Sarah’s Key”
By Michael McNeely Are You Asking the Right Questions? Language: French (with English subtitles), English There are a lot of things we don’t like to talk about. As an English/History teacher, and personally, as an…
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Movie Review: “The Tree of Life”
By Brent Holmes A perfect film. Terrence Mallick’s The Tree of Life is perhaps one of the most ambitious films made in quite a while. The Palme D’Or winner is nothing short of vast and…
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Movie Review: “50/50”
By Josh Litman So cancer is…funny? 50/50, directed by Jonathan Levine, stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt (500 Days of Summer, Inception) as Adam Lerner, a 27-year-old man who develops a rare form of cancer. This probably sounds…
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Movie Review: “The Three Musketeers”
By Brent Holmes The Three Musketeers in 3D Like A Christmas Carol, Sherlock Holmes, or any Jane Austen novel, The Three Musketeers is one of those stories that somehow has justified getting several adaptations per…