Movie Review: Fast and Furious 6
You would think any movie franchise with the number 6 after its title would have ended up on my screening list along the way. Not so with Fast & Furious 6. I have never seen entries one through...
View ArticleMovie Review: Stories We Tell
In 2006, talented Canadian actress Sarah Polley took a chance on making her first feature as a writer-director. The film was Away From Her, a sad yet hopeful story about a woman with Alzheimers, which...
View ArticleMovie Review: Now You See Me
Four street magicians answer a mysterious summons and within a year have been transformed into The Four Horsemen, a big, new glitzy Vegas act that promises to rob a bank in France while standing on the...
View ArticleMovie Preview: Mindbenders Film Series
There’s something new coming up next weekend on the cinema scene in Cincinnati. The Art Academy of Cincinnati in Over the Rhine is hosting “Mindbenders Film Series: A Far-Out Film Series,” presented by...
View ArticleMovie Review: The Bling Ring
Did you ever wonder where the faux famous come from? You know… the ones who are famous for just being famous. Perhaps you may get some insight from Sofia Coppola’s new film The Bling Ring. It’s based...
View ArticleMovie Review: Admission
You might see the trailer for Tina Fey’s new movie Admission and think, “oh, a nice comedy.” Sorry, but no. It’s at best a “dramedy.” Tina Fey plays an assistant admissions officer at Princeton...
View ArticleMovie Review: Jurassic Park 3D
I have been contemplating an essay for some time about what I call “second chance movies.” You probably have some of these in your cinematic past. A second chance movie is one that, upon first...
View ArticleMovie Review: From Up on Poppy Hill
I have a confession to make. I have never seen a film by Japan’s master animator HiyaoMiyazaki, one of Japan's greatest animation directors, and founder of the legendary Studio Ghibli. His films have...
View ArticleMovie Review: Mud
In his third feature film, Mud, writer-director Jeff Nichols has delivered a stirring coming of age tale that’s part Stand by Me, part Hickleberry Finn, and part William Faulkner. If it had been made...
View ArticleMovie Review: The Great Gatsby
I have not been a fan of director BazLuhrmann from day one. I was completely underwhelmed by Strictly Ballroom; managed to miss his take on Romeo and Juliet; and his epic Valentine to his home country,...
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