And here it is – the mountain top – the Best film of the year. Epic. Ok, they have expanded the film this year to 10. ten. One-Zero. This is like every march when the NCAA toys with expanding the NCAA Basketball pool. It isn’t that there are more quality contenders – it just means [...]
Review #9 – Up in the Air
February 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Bill Simmons (Page 2 writer for ESPN.com) equates different game situations to what he calls “Levels of Losing”, each one is a different level of loss that your own sports team goes through now and again. Specifically, there are (in his most recent update) 16 levels of loss, Ranging from the “Princeton Principle”, when your [...]
Review # 8 – Up
February 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Animated films don’t tend to fare well outside of the animation categories. In fact, rarely are they nominated for the top prizes by the Academy (the last Best Picture nomination for an animation was Beauty and the Beast in 1992), but with this years “Up”, Disney has once again breathed new life into this genre. [...]
Review #7 – A Serious Man
February 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
As I sit, watching this 1960′s character (judging by the music, cars and styles, I would guess late 60′s) for about 2 minutes, a recurring question keeps coming in: Have you ever wondered what happened to Michael Douglas in the lead up to his explosion in “Falling Down”? The secret is: “A Serious Man” – [...]
Review #6 – Precious
February 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
With sadness comes hope. Thats the overwhelming sentiment I have about the film “Precious”, the story of an unfortunate incest survivor whose own father is the father of her own 2 kids. Layered amidst flights of fancy to escape the harsh realities she is trying to face, the protagonists struggles to find not only self [...]
Review #5 – Inglourious Basterds
February 6, 2010 By 1 Comment
As I sat down to Re-watch Inglourious Bastereds (I saw it about 4 weeks ago) I got a text. This was the conversation that ensued: Me: And now (I’m watching)… Inglourious Basterds LOS: I thought it was good but didn’t live up to expectations Me: 10 yrs of work and his “Masterpeice”? Woefully short. Good [...]
Review #4 – The Hurt Locker
February 6, 2010 By 1 Comment
It was this time of year 8 years ago that i saw one of the best films ever made in my history of film class at Fitchburg state (shameless plug for my Alma Mater: Check). Before we watched Ladri di Biciclette, Dr. Bohrer explained why this film is so great, appearing on many top 10 [...]
