Yes, No, Maybe So: The Dark Knight Rises

Borrowing a page from my favorite film blogger, I’ve decided to take a look at some of the recent trailers. Let’s start with the final film in Christopher Nolan’s take on Batman, the Dark Knight Rises. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GokKUqLcvD8] Yes-That football game sequence of the field blowing up. Those affects look amazing-The supporting cast: Joseph Gordon

Cast This! Steel Magnolias – Black People Edition

Yesterday the Twitter world was aflutter over the news that Lifetime is going to make an all Black version of 1989 hit film Steel Magnolias, itself based on a hit Broadway play. The movie starred some of the best actress of  the time and some reliable actors as well. Nathaniel Rodgers of The Film Experience

Best Picture: Beginning of Fall Edition

Fall’s here. The leaves are changing and…it’s time for Oscar season to start ramping up 🙂 1. How will the summer fare?Will the summer didn’t have many Best Picture fire starters (other than Tree of Life, The Help, and Midnight in Paris), there are plenty of summer films that could score multiple nominations. 2. Festival Chatter?Festivals are

Summer Movie Grades

As the summer movie season winds down and we get ready for fall, here are the grades for the summer’s films.Harry PotterGrade: B+Reason: Fitting end to the franchise, some awesome momentsGreen Lantern Grade: C-Reason: Tries to do too much with an already cosmic scopeCaptain AmericaGrade: BReason: Solid entry to the Marvel franchise and great period fluff,

Review: X Men: First Class

Synopsis: Review: In order to allow for others to see the film, I thought this was one of the strongest entries in the X-Men series (probably 2nd place behind X2). The direction and script were great and the acting was fantastic. James McCavoy and Michael Fessbender as the two leads were so great, but their

My Oscar Wishes

1. That James Franco and Anne Hathaway will be ridiculously funny.2. That the show won’t go longer than 3 1/2 hours. I have class tomorrow, I can’t be up all night.3. That there will be some surprises a la Hailee Stienfeld winning Best Supporting Actress, someone besides Colin Firth winning Best Actor.4. But, that the

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