Movies Seen This Week: The Yellow Handkerchief (2008) , Bernie (2012), The Graduate (1967), Life of Pi (2012), Your Sister’s Sister (2012), The Tempest (2010). This week, I saw myself leaning towards the movies of 2012. As the year draws…
The Oscar Underdogs: Quvenzhané Wallis and Dwight Henry
Being a fan and annual viewer of the Oscars has its drawbacks. Mainly being that now, months in advance to the actual glitz and glamour of the night, it’s easy to pick who the ultimate winners are going to be.…
Allyson’s Movie Review: Rise of the Guardians
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 watching on the big screen. It’s the holiday season,…
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 gravitate to the…
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 comedy with heart, singing, and…
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 going to pick…
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 Oscar contenders have had as…
