The story of young innocuous girl being charmed and seduced by a smooth-talking older man is not a new one. This time the scene is a1961 London suburb, the innocent girl is a smart schoolgirl named Jenny (Carey Mulligan) and the smooth-talker is a thirty-five-year-old man named David (Peter Sarsgaard). She has dreams of Oxford, … Continue reading »
Category Archives: Movie Reviews
(500)Days of Summer: An Intellectual Review
[source] The movie is about a man named Tom and a woman named Summer and their days in and out of love. But as the narrator warns at the start of the film: “This is a boy meets girl story. It is not a love story.” Joseph Gordon Levitt plays Tom: a twenty-something whiling away … Continue reading »
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: A Die-hard’s Review
[my own photo] If you haven’t seen Harry Potter 6 yet, don’t bother covering your eyes and ears for this article, because in reality you aren’t even a fan. So read on about my thoughts and opinions on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince because of course I viewed it at midnight and of course … Continue reading »
Milk Men
The first time I saw the Milk, I was blown away. Biopics are a tricky business—and if executed correctly—an art. One successful feat is that Gus Van Sant never for a moment tried to pretend that we didn’t know the ending. There was no convenient suspense to act as a crutch to make the film … Continue reading »
Rachel Getting Married: An Intellectual Review
The Elephant in the Room. All romantic comedies end in a wedding. In what could have been a formulaic approach, “Rachel Getting Married” goes against the grain of movies like “Runaway Bride” to “Meet the Parents” and unexpectedly avoids conjuring up that sappy feeling of being on the outside of some perfect and unattainable love. … Continue reading »
