THE HELP [2011] movie review

February 5, 2012

Even though I had read negative things about THE HELP and only all of a sudden decided to watch it this evening, I came away from the movie liking it much more than I expected because of the chemistry, both friendly and hostile, between the characters.

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THE ARTIST [2011] movie review

February 3, 2012

It is a rare pleasure to view of movie that appears to be what I call, “handmade.”  THE ARTIST is such a movie, and not just because it is the first silent film I have ever seen in my life nor because it is in black and white, but because every frame on screen is on purpose, crafted, and punctuated by a score that provides emotion so differently than endless dialogue does.

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BULLHEAD ( RUNDSKOP ) [2011] movie review

February 2, 2012

If you do not enjoy watching movies with characters that are hard to physically tell apart from each other for much of the beginning of the movie, lack any and all narrative drive, seem to have absolutely no point, then end as ambiguously as possible with no explanation, then you will definitely not like BULLHEAD (Belgian title RUNDSKOP).  I know I could not really follow the movie at all, then I realized there was nothing to follow.

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MARGIN CALL [2011] movie review

February 1, 2012

I learned about MARGIN CALL because of its nomination for a best writing Oscar (J.C. Chandor also directed).  The movie is described as a thriller about the start of the financial crisis on Wall Street, but it would be better classified as a drama with political overtones.

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