It’s that time of year where Oscar contenders and films infused with cavity-inducing sentimentality and earnestness infest our movie theaters, and it’s up to viewers to pick the ones actually worth wa…
Movie Pick of the Week: The Deep Blue Sea (2012)
Seen This Week: I’m Not There (2007) , Friends With Benefits (2011), A Cat in Paris (2010), Rise of the Guardians (2012), Indie Game: The Movie (2012), The Deep Blue Sea (2012) This week I seemed to …
The Negative Messages of Glee
Throughout the duration of the first season of Glee, I thought I may have fallen in love. For the first thirteen episodes at least, show runner Ryan Murphy seemed determined to create an hour long com…
Movie Pick of The Week: Away We Go (2009)
I’m cheating a bit this week. The premise of this column was for me to write about/recommend a film that I had seen in the past week that I had never seen before. Instead, this week I’m go…
Allyson’s Movie Review: Silver Linings Playbook
As a movie goer it’s never good to hear “Oscar buzz” in regards to a film you’re about to see. Those two words ultimately build an instantaneous expectation. Despite the fact that in recent years Osca…
The Film Canon: On the Waterfront (1954)
Guilt is a sobering emotion. All of a sudden, wrong doings committed, less than favorable acts performed, all is brought to the forefront, ensuing self-doubt, self-reflection and possibly, ultimately …
Movie Pick of The Week: First Position (2011)
Amongst all of the Oscar bait films, film festival darlings, and foreign favorites, it’s easy to miss some gems of movies, to not know exactly what film is worth seeing other than the obvious. Sometim…