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Tags: drama
Why is it that only so called artsy films accurately portray the spaces between people? They effortlessly illustrate the awkwardness of first acquaintance and the alienation that so many of us feel at numerous points in our lives. In the Hollywood world everyone makes witty banter on their first meeting, everyone comes up with the [Read More …] 
The Exorcism of Emily Rose is a different view of the traditional horror film. First, it is more of a suspenseful dramatic tension than a slasher who’s next sort of setup. But any film focusing on the unusual Catholic rite of exorcism has a tough act to follow. The 1973 film The Exorcist set a [Read More …] 
Ivanhoe is the 1952 epic adventure from M-G-M. Ivanhoe is based on the book by Sir Walter Scott and tells the tale of a Saxon nobleman and his fight against the Norman tyrant King John. Ivanhoe is a lavish big budget production from the studio that defined lavish in the golden age of Hollywood. The [Read More …] 
The Jacket is a dark psychological drama that includes time travel, psychiatric patient abuse, and a fair share of violence and gore. The film starts with the tagline ‘I was 27 years old the first time I died.’ And it only gets bleaker from there including murder, insane asylums, and alcoholism. Since this film has [Read More …] 
Million Dollar Baby deserves to be the best movie of the year. Now some awards may take it and others may not, but it truly is a deep, personal tale worthy of emulation. Clint Eastwood has excelled in recent years in spinning tales of blue collar characters fighting to improve themselves and their lot in [Read More …] |
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