You know how every so often an indie movie will come out with a good cast and appropriately quirky trailer and you think, “Hm, that looks pretty good,” and then, because you don’t live in a city, it never comes to theaters anywhere near you and over the course of a year you completely forget…
Well, I did it. I finally read all of The Lord of the Rings in one go, cover-to-cover. I’ve been a fan of the series for actually most of my life, and though I’d read scattered bits and pieces that amounted to a majority of the book, I’d never just read the whole thing from…
Interestingly, if you do a Google Images search of “Ben Affleck Is So Hot Right Now” the number one hit is a blurry close-up of Abe Lincoln’s face. How about that? Gone Baby Gone (2007) The Plot: When a four-year-old girl goes missing, the distraught family hires private investigators Patrick (Casey Affleck) and Angie (Michelle…
In 2001, Pixar studios released Monsters Inc., a wonderful, wonderful film exploring the world of the monsters that live in our closets. In this world, monsters harvest human screams for energy, so the most important people in that society are the official scarers. The film focuses on the adventures of the top scarer, James P.…
Due to the disastrous unavailability of The Purge throughout the entire North Country, I was obliged instead to watch this gem;brought to you by relatively unknown director Mark Tonderai. It ran on a modest budget, much of which was likely used on paying well-known actresses Elizabeth Shue and Jennifer Lawrence, but does not detract from the…
I was bored last night when I got a text from a friend asking if I wanted to see This is the End (2013) right then. I had only vaguely heard of it; I’d read that Daniel Radcliffe turned it down because it had an awful script but offered to help improve the movie anyway, despite…
It’s a Disaster (2012): The Plot: Every year, four couples get together for a Sunday brunch, because that’s what grown ups do. Two are married, one is engaged, and the fourth kind of shifts, because Tracy Scott (Julia Stiles) keeps dating crazy guys. This year, she’s bringing along the polite, unassuming Glenn Randolph (David Cross).…
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