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LATEST ARTICLES ( 41 )

• 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 4PLOT... 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

• How Urban Cool Changed Lives — The Julien Dubuque International Film Festival

  

  Why film? Why a festival? Why here?These are the questions anyone might naturally have when hearing about a film festival. We wonder, Does this have anything... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Just Get Up! — Part Time Fabulous, at the Julien Dubuque Int'l Film Festival

  

  "JUST GET UP!" Is brute shouting going to help? We know in our gut that it won't. DEPTH: 5ACTING: 4PLOT: 5ORIGINALITY: 5PRODUCTION: 5DEMAND ON VIEWER:... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• A Lyrical Rebirth — Dolphin Boy, at the Julien Dubuque International Film...

  

  Healing, love, and hope are the operative words in this story. Nowhere else have I seen such a powerful proof that we can heal, even from the worst conditions,... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Sex and Self-Torment--Shame

  

  Shame nearly defies reviewing. What is this story really about? Sex and shame, yes, but shame about what exactly? Does sex produce shame, or vice versa? Or is... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Where Things Actually Are — The Descendants

  

  "We are not immune to life," says Matt King, referring to people who live in the seeming care-free tropical world of Hawaii. Descendants TrailerDEPTH: 3.5ACTING... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• OSCAR PICK — Best Actor — Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

  

  View TrailerWhen Gary Oldman sits down at the head of the table, we had all better sit up a little straighter. His performance is Oscar worthy, and Deeper Film... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Coming Soon

  

  THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOOA++ to the trailers and poster for this filmWill need to compare it to the european version already done.**If you have not read... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Start Fresh — Waitress

  

  Hey, Pie Lady! Listen to me. START FRESH!So are Andy Griffiths funny and wise words to the beleagured waitress Jenna, played endearingly by Keri Russell in... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• High Altitude Hubris — Margin Call

  

  Watch the faces. The whole range of human emotions is there, seething just below the conformism of corporate suit-and-tie glass office protocol. Rage, guilt,... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Everything Drops From the Ceiling — Paranormal Activity 1, 2, 3

  

  Imagine coming into your kitchen and finding nothing on the counters...then moments later everything drops from the ceiling. Or seeing on tape your baby being... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• OSCAR PICK — Best Picture — Moneyball

  

  Don't be fooled by the title. This is not really a story about money or even baseball. Nor is it merely about Brad Pitt being a likable cock (though that type... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Climbing Down into the Cosmic — Take Shelter

  

  Do dreams predict? Or are they simply the inner workings of our minds? Is there such a thing as prophetic revelation? Or just another name for schizophrenia?Vie... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES