The Orphanage

I watched this movie Tuesday night and have been spending the last two days trying to figure out how to write about it.  I still don’t know.
The film left me reeling.  Tears in my eyes, not because the ending was so radically grieving but because I was in awe of it all.  It has been [...]

The Battle of Algiers

I readily admit to not being top-notch when it comes to keeping up with world events.  Unfortunately, I know enough for this film to be utterly terrifying.
A few months ago I was writing a paper on Children of Men and found out that many parts of the movie were inspired by viewings Cuaron had made [...]

Margot at the Wedding

Despite hope fostered by Noah Baumbach’s last feature (Squid and the Whale) this movie was quite awful. After I’d watched it and expressed lukewarm feelings, someone asked if it was the presence of Jack Black that hurt the film. Black, actually, is one of the few redeeming qualities about the film. Nearly [...]

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Number one at the box office this weekend, “de-throning” Ironman.
I was out of the country when the last Narnia film was released so I wasn’t really sure what to expect, as far as general success goes. The publicity leading up to the release was thorough but not overly showy, and the numbers from opening [...]

2 quick reviews

—Citizen Kane (Orson Welles)- I’ve been itching to finally see this movie for a while now, but so many things have gotten in the way. I knew that this film was widely regarded by all those silly lists as the greatest American film. I really dislike the idea of numbered lists, but, gosh, give me [...]

“The Fall”

This looks visually intriguing. For all I know, though, the story could be awful, but, it seems, this could be worth seeing for the spectacle. David Fincher (director of Seven, Fight Club) and Spike Jonze (heck, so many things… bmx biker, Beastie Boys video director, co-creator of jackass, director of Being John Malkovich and Adaptation) [...]

a middle-aged, dreadlocked, single mother with a few words about faith

I’ve been asking God to direct my reading lately. This is always a tough thing to do. Oftentimes, people play games with God and say that they claim certain things in the name of God or that they feel this is what God wants them to do, in order to project what they want in [...]

Short Cuts

Slow and long and never goes flat. That’s an amazing combination, and one I’m not sure I was expecting when I popped it into the player. Really not sure what I was expecting, I rarely do. I’ve read Raymond Carver stories in the past, was even in a course partially devoted to his work, and [...]