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LATEST ARTICLES ( 33 )

• Silent Masterpiece — Harold Lloyd's Speedy at the Julien Dubuque Int'l Film...

  

  Taking us back to the innocent and playful origins of film, Harold Lloyd's Speedy is a silent masterpiece of clever theater and hilarious fun. Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Tuesday, After Christmas

  

  Simple, honest, and at times painful, Tuesday, after Christmas shows the end of a marriage when a love affair enters the picture. Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Vidal Sassoon — The 2013 Julien Dubuque Int'l Film Festival

  

  Sometimes we come across someone who is so inspired, so driven at the core of their being, that they can influence us in an area in which we might not normally... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Power, Strength...and Love — My Architect, A Son's Journey

  

  "It gave us an identity, it gave us hope," says the teary-eyed Bangladeshi of Louis Kahn's capital structure, built there shortly before he died. Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 BOOKS

• A Meal for the Senses — Django Unchained

  

  Nothing less than a modern opera, Django Unchained is a towering work of art, a true 21st-century Western, creating a legendary character for our era.DEPTH:... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Movies in The Age of Obama

  

  DEEPER EXTRA: MOVIES IN THE AGE OF OBAMAMichael Witte's artwork in the New York Times depicts, clockwise from top left, Zero Dark Thirty, Django Unchained, The... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 DEBATE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, SOCIETY

• Runaway Magic — Silver Linings Playbook

  

  Excelsior! A film about the positive, clear-eyed view of life, and celebrating those closest to the heart.DEPTH: 4ACTING: 5PLOT: 5ORIGINALITY: 5ENTERTAINMENT:... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Black at His Best — Bernie

  

  A mild-mannered mortician gets trapped with a cruel, demanding woman and the worst results. DEPTH: 3ACTING: 3 (Jack Black: 5)PLOT: 4ORIGINALITY:... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Cold Power — House of Cards S1:E1

  

  Cold power on display in the year 2013, with an interesting array of characters, fools, and villains.View TrailerI just began House of Cards, the new political... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• The Veracity of Self—Life of Pi

  

  Ang Lee has given us a film for the ages, fitting for our century, and it will be remembered for its vision, veracity, and honesty, particularly about god and... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Grit and Gristle of Love — Rust and Bone

  

  Rust - the creaky underside of things, the sense of aging, of loss, and the label for something no one wants. Bone - the thing that gets broken, in fighting,... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Rise of a New Way—Zero Dark Thirty

  

  "I am the motherfucker who found this place."DEPTH: 4ACTING: 3PLOT: 5ORIGINALITY: 4PRODUCTION: 5ENTERTAINMENT: 5DEMAND ON VIEWER: ModerateOVERALL:... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Ego and Id—The Master

  

  An exceedingly strange, thrilling and disturbing film, The Master is a like a dark pool, mysterious and rippling with refracted light, now revealing, now... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Master

  

  An exceedingly strange, thrilling and disturbing film, The Master is a like a dark pool, mysterious and rippling with refracted light, now revealing, now... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Fresh Innocence — Moonrise Kingdom

  

  A dollhouse world more honest than our own.DEPTH 5ACTING 5PLOT 5ORIGINALITY 5ENTERTAINMENT 5PRODUCTION 5DEMAND ON VIEWER Mild-Moderate (Must be patient as... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Morality and Sacrifice — The Dark Knight Rises

  

  Much more than your average superhero comic-book film, this one is worth seeing for its moral worldview and its deep character portrayals. DEPTH 4ACTING... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Epic Adolescence — Prometheus

  

  There is not much to say about this inane film, except that it exhibits adolescence in epic proportion.DEPTH: 2 ACTING: 2 PLOT: 1 PRODUCTION: 4 ORIGINALITY: 1... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Sex at 16 — Are All Men Pedophiles? — Julien Dubuque Int'l Film Festival

  

  Do you find me attractive? Answer: why yes! So says biology and nearly all civilizations in human history. And most men (if they are honest). Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Change of Fate — Adjustment Bureau

  

  Can our passions change fate? Will God change his mind and "adjust" the plan because we feel passion? These are age old questions put to good use in Adjustment... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• An Infusion of Chemistry — Je T'aime, I Love You Terminal — The Julien Dubuque...

  

  View the trailer to this film and you'll be hooked! This is the first film on this blog to be awarded 5's in all categories!DEPTH: 5ACTING: 5PLOT: 5PRODUCTION:... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES