You guys…this is one of the toughest reviews I’ve ever written because The Hunger Games was a strange experience. It’s a bunch of contradictions, employing you to root for Katniss to survive the Games while not enjoying the violence. This movie also wants you to believe it’s great and in fact times tries to SHOW
It’s a testament to the power of Disney and Jerry Bruckhiemer that a film like this was even able to EXIST let alone be a great film. When I initially heard Disney was trying to make a movie out of an amusement park ride (that I’ve been on a few times) I scoffed. The ride
From its opulent costumes and art direction to its acting, Milos Forman’s adaptation of Peter Schafer’s massive stage play in grand in every sense of the word. The film shows the relationship between the court’s composer Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) and the wunderkind Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce.) Both men, through the course of their dealings
As you may or may not know, I am starting a new project, to create a list of my top 100 films. This is an incredibly gargantuan undertaking that each day I’m not sure how to accomplish but I love lists and this is the ultimate challenge for me. My goal is to complete a
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
So this is the start of my new review series, where I shall attempt at giving various portions of films a letter grade and then summing them up. First up is the epic Agora. Here is the imdb synopsis:“A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of