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David O. Russell’s 2010 Oscar winning film, The Fighter suffers from a cartoonish family, an uneven tone, and boxing scenes that ultimately fall flat. The film begins with Micky Ward,
David O. Russell’s 2010 Oscar winning film, The Fighter suffers from a cartoonish family, an uneven tone, and boxing scenes that ultimately fall flat. The film begins with Micky Ward,
It’s dangerous to trust a man who is hungry, and even more if his children are hungry. In 2010’s Oscar nominated film Biutiful, Javier Bardem delivers a stunning performance in
The children’s film City of Ember showed promise, but ultimately didn’t make make much of an impression. The film begins with the notion that the surface world has become uninhabitable.
The 1999 romantic comedy Friends & Lovers has quickly become one of my least favorite films of all time and certainly a candidate for worst film of this 365 in
“I know why you did this. I know it’s not about the money”. “Nothing important ever is”. The 2007 heist film Flawless, directed by Michael Radford features one of the
The 2008 film Happy-Go-Lucky features a star making performance by Sally Hawkins in a role that simply has made me fall in love with her character. Playing the role of
Director Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck’s German Language drama The Lives of Others is a detailed look at the Stansi or Ministry for State Security that ruled over East Germany in
“They say that when you experience a spiritual truth, that it comes through sound. If you let this sound go through you that it changes you y’know? Puts you back
“If you keep going over the past, you’re going to end up with a thousand pasts and no future”. Directed by Juan José Campanella, the 2010 Oscar Winner for Best
Thousand of movies have been made that show what happen when you fall for the right man. Blue Valentine shows the consequences of falling for the wrong one. In Co-Writer/Director
Answering a classified ad in the newspaper, dozens of men line up, are tested and apply to win a spot in The Experiment. With pay of $1,000 per day and
Although epic in scale, it’s the little things that make Kenneth Branagh’s 2011 film Thor so mighty. The film has a lot going on in the plot but the basics
The worlds of religion and war clash in the 2003 World War II film Saints and Soldiers. In his feature film debut, Ryan Little directs a cast of unknowns in
Paul Haggis is a director I’ve been a little back and forth on in my movie watching experience. I’ve mentioned before that I really enjoyed the film Crash based on
What waits for us after we die? It’s an interesting question and Director Clint Eastwood manages the question without delving into a religious perspective in his 2010 film Hereafter. In
“I’ve learned my lesson about mixing in other worlds. I’ve seen the sparks fly… all kinds”. Writer/Director Todd Haynes crafts a beautiful and heart wrenching tale of Kathy, a 1950’s
In the conclusion of the Red Riding trilogy, Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1983, director Anand Tucker weaves in flashbacks to create the most fulfilling film of
“How deep does the rot go Maurice eh? How deep? And who stops it?” While it doesn’t boast a cast like the first film of this trilogy, Red Riding: In