Category: cinema reviews
“I’ve been so blind…” The final days of January marked 200 years since the publishing of Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, in 1813. Lots of websites, magazines, and even CNN made note of the…
Albeit controversial, I didn’t find overall that Django Unchained glorified the wrong things. In fact, its rather honest portrayal of man’s inhumanity to man may be a provocative way to fuel conversations about whether or…
And must I now begin to doubt, Who never doubted all those years? My heart is stone, and still it trembles. The world I have known is lost in shadow. It’s been years since I…
Chapter 5 of our recently published book is titled The Proof is in the Praxis (or “a little less conversation, a little more action please”). This middle chapter features over a dozen examples of examining…
It’s always Act 3 when the misunderstood, flawed-but-redeemable protagonist saves the day, right? We think we know the formula backward and forward, whether it’s Tony Stark or Indiana Jones, John McClane or John Creasy. Despite…
Review by Gareth Evans Christine Brown has an opportunity. She lives a callow and unfulfilled life, stuck with a seemingly dead-end job in a bank and a successful boyfriend whose parents don’t want her in…
We’ve always just known that Bond is Bond. James Bond. Curious then, that Skyfall is not only being hailed by some as the best Bond film ever made, but it also makes us realize we’ve been watching a…
“We both know how this has got to go down…” In addition to great acting, effects, and story concepts, Looper provides some moral conundrums and mind-bending solutions that invite conversation. And I will say to…
a review from across the pond by Mr. Gareth C. Evans (TED is available for purchase on Blu-ray and DVD). It was inevitable that Seth MacFarlane would eventually break into the movies. With Family Guy episodes currently…
Edward. Stefan. Selene. Angel. Nicholas. Lestat. Barnabas. Dracula. Carmilla. LATHER (bite)… RINSE (suck)… REPEAT. The Oxford English Dictionary records the first idea of the vampire in 1734, although a similar concept shows up in Germany almost…
(No, this isn’t about alien villains from Doctor Who. It IS a great examination of the 1963 Bergman film by guest reviewer Rob Martin!) As she travels home by way of train, terminally ill Ester,…
Some of the most interesting narrative notes in the movie Wreck-It Ralph aren’t possible to discuss without racing into spoiler territory, which is why we left them out of our initial video review and focused on the…