Film & Movie Archives
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Movie Blog Post: Angels and Demons
Legend has it that members of the Illuminati still exist and have been waiting for the right time to seek their revenge. The right time has now presented itself in the fact that the Vatican is voting in a new Pope and a team of scientists, lead by Vittoria Vetra (Ayelet Zurer) have generated Antimatter, the light and energy of creation.
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Frost/Nixon
But it's the Frost part of Frost/Nixon that gives the story tension and someone to root for. David Frost (Michael Sheen) is a personable, charming, rather self-effacing talk show host in Britain and Australia. His New York show having recently bombed...
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The Wrestler
Part of this year's buzz highlights Mickey Rourke's come back performance and Marisa Tomei's hot, 40 year old, nude body.The former is worth the hubbub - Rourke is truly living this role! The latter is a bit overrated - the poor woman is emaciated in this film. No. Don't go assuming I'm a Mo' Nique that hates "Skinny Bitches"...
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Australia
I wanted the movie “Australia” to do well in the box office for two reasons: I love big, sweeping, epic love stories and Baz Lurhman is really adorably sexy! However, it doesn’t appear as if his 100 million dollar dream come true is box office gold. There’s been very little buzz during or since Thanksgiving. I saw it in a nearly empty theater, normally at Christmastime all movie showings are relatively full. It’s been more than 10 years since “Titanic”, I would think audiences would be hungry for a film of this romantic scope and feel. Especially in light of the economy, shouldn’t people want to escape into a cinematic…
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Fear(s) of the Dark
Art Imitates Fear(s) of the Dark is an example of why I think there should be a sliding scale price for certain genres of movies/films, rather than the time of day you attend the showing. This film is very creative, a little disturbing, a boon for the participating artists, and not at all worth $8.50. The film is an animated feature of six shorts by illustrators and comic artists (Blutch, Marie Caillou, Pierre de Sciullo, Lorenzo Mattotti, Richard McGuire, and Charles Burns). The only guidelines the artists were given was that the film was to be in black and white and that the common theme was… fears of the dark.…
