Posts tagged "movie"
"Prince Avalanche" is Indie Movie Royalty

“Prince Avalanche” is Indie Movie Royalty

Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch (of “Into the Wild“) team up to comprise of what seems like exactly one-half of the total actors in this great movie, “Prince Avalanche.” This somber, humorous, and inspiring movie is about two guys whose job it is to paint stripes on East Texas roads. Alvin, played by Paul Rudd,...
"Into the Wild" is the Happiest Sad Movie Ever

“Into the Wild” is the Happiest Sad Movie Ever

This could have been a really bad movie. Overly-explained, out of touch, untruthful, and shallow. It would have been so easy to make this film into the usual Hollywood bastardization of someone’s life story and nonfiction book, but fortunately for us, Sean Penn didn’t direct it that way. I recently got around to watching the...
"Looper" is a Thrilling Dystopian Masterpiece

“Looper” is a Thrilling Dystopian Masterpiece

Rian Johnson’s work, “Looper,” is one of the best films of the year. As a fan of the dystopian genre, I was excited to go see it in the theater, but wasn’t quite sure what to expect. Honestly, except for time travel, I wasn’t entirely sure what the movie was about. Walking in cold, without...
Movie Review: "Moonrise Kingdom"

Movie Review: “Moonrise Kingdom”

In a very Wes Anderson style film, he stays true to his quirks and continues to please audiences with his first film since 2009. “Moonrise Kingdom” features the relationship between two 12 year old kids–a quick to anger girl with a violent side, and her easygoing survivalist boyfriend. The usual cast of collaborators show up...
Movie Review: "Submarine"

Movie Review: “Submarine”

The 2010 British comedy film, “Submarine,” is the story of 15 year-old Oliver Tate as he tries to save his parents’ dissolving marriage while trying to impress his pyromaniac girlfriend. Oliver narrates throughout the film, and the movie is divided up into marked portions of a play: prologue, scenes, and epilogue. Throughout, Oliver struggles with...
Movie Review: "Midnight in Paris"

Movie Review: “Midnight in Paris”

The 2011 film Midnight in Paris, featuring Owen Wilson, tells the story of an engaged couple that travels to Paris to tour the city and plan for their marriage. However, the soon-to-be husband and currently struggling writer discovers a car that takes him back in time to 1920’s Paris and only comes around at midnight....
Movie Review: "The Greatest Movie Ever Sold"

Movie Review: “The Greatest Movie Ever Sold”

Morgan Spurlock’s documentary “The Greatest Movie Ever Sold” is an up-close look into the world of product placement in pop culture and the advertising firms and companies that make it happen. Throughout the film, you watch him bounce from business to business pitching the exact film you’re watching. What’s it about? He doesn’t really know....
Movie Review: "Hesher"

Movie Review: “Hesher”

In perhaps the most surprisingly good movie I’ve seen all year, Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Hesher: a violent, stoically-angry, pyromaniac, womanizing degenerate with a good heart who comes across a boy named T.J., who is recently grieving the loss of his mother in a car wreck. Hesher becomes the boy’s satanic guardian angel–responsible for both his...