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Walk the Line

Walk the Line is the latest in the flurry of biographies of celebrities made into films. This biopic is about the Man in Black, country singer Johnny Cash. Walk the Line is the best of this recent trend due to magnificent performances by Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon as Johnny Cash and June Carter. Combine [Read More …]

Dreamgirls

Dreamgirls is the musical of 2006. Following in the footsteps of Walk the Line, Ray, and Chicago, Dreamgirls is the latest in the resurgence of the movie musical. It tells the story of a girl group in the ’60s and ’70s ,not unlike The Supremes, and of the forces that unite them and tear them [Read More …]

The Producers

The Producers is the big screen adaptation of the successful Broadway musical based on the 1968 movie of the same name. Though there are significant performances by Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick and the supporting cast is a riot the film is not all that it could be due to stunted directing and unimaginative cinematography [Read More …]

Ray

Ray is one of the films of the awards season for all of you who have been asleep for the past few months. I decided to finally watch the film and see what the buzz was all about. Thus I have decided that Ray is a good film. I’m not sure I would put it [Read More …]