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2/10/2012
"The Scariest Film Of All Time."
If there is one genre in film the Academy likes to ignore, it’s horror. Granted, there aren’t all that many great horror films that have stood the test of time, but even the great Universal monster films of the ‘30s were largely ignored. The trend continues to this day, with the one shining...
2/10/2012
Gritty drama about addiction shocks viewers into...
As movie watchers, we are always impressed when directors are able to depict reality in stark and frightening ways. They use the power of the image to convey the perturbing actions of human nature; they find ways to get under your skin despite being presented just on a screen. Films like Darren...
2/6/2012
Civilized company is often barbarian
Exiled directed Roman Polanski brings the stage play Carnage to the screen with Oscar winning actresses Jodie Foster and Kate Winslet as two mothers battling on their sons' behalf.
Filmed in Paris and set in Brooklyn, Carnage is a story about two parents who get into a heated argument over a...
2/6/2012
What happens when you can't turn back time and...
There is a reason why it’s best to avoid reunions. Some people don’t change, others change too much, and promises made in our younger days comes back to bite us. Having old friends from back in the day is a wonderful thing. The only problem is when you all evolve or devolve and are no longer good...
2/6/2012
Afternoon delight
The classic film Belle de Jour marked the international breakthrough role of French film legend Catherine Deneuve. As the wife of a doctor, Deneuve plays Severine, a young woman fantasizing about S&M in a boring marriage. Her husband and her struggle with intimacy as Severine is unable to...
2/6/2012
Ma mère moi-même
French film legend Catherine Deneuve and her real life daughter Chiara Mastroianni come together in Beloved. The story begins in 1964 Paris when a happy-go-lucky prostitute named Madeleine falls for her client, a Czech doctor named Jaronil. Madeleine’s life is a series of whimsical moments where...
2/6/2012
Baby ... please don't go
Once you see this film you will want to become a lifetime patron for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. In Declaration of War, watching the trauma and terror of having a child with cancer may compel you to want to fight against childhood cancer with a vengeance. Cancer is a ridiculously democratic...
2/6/2012
Hooked on a feeling aka nicotine craving
The tobacco industry has been blowing smoke of a different kind and it’s not called Marlboro or Dunhill. For years, industry executives practically swore on the cross that cigarettes were not addictive. Try telling that to the pack a day smoker who has spent thousands of dollars on every stop...
