We all know the story – the beautiful Belle sacrificing her freedom to save her father; the arrogant princeling whose ill treatment of a poor old woman leads to being cursed to become a beast until he finds someone who can love him despite his ferocious appearance. The question is whether it’s worth seeing the […]
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Joyful Noise – Amazing Music Balances Hokum!
Joyful Noise is a cornball tale of fangless feuding, remarkably innocent first love and amazing music.
The Devil Inside: The Blair Witch Project Has A Lot To Answer For!
Shot on what appears to be a micro-budget, The Devil Inside chronicles the story of a young woman who seeks to find out why her mother killed three priests twenty years before.
Movies: Sheldon’s Bottom Feeders For 2011
No matter how much you want to see some movies, they still wind up being awful. The cast and crew don’t set out to make them awful, but somehow, between commissioning the script and the final edit, something goes horribly wrong – and we pay our hard-earned money to end up disappointed. In 2011, the […]
The Artist: Mostly Silent Movie Entrances!
The Artis is a mostly silent film from Michael Hazanavicius – shot in beautiful black & white – that tells a simple story: when silent movie star George Valentin [Jean Dujardin] falls on hard times after talkies become big, Peppy Miller [Bereniece Bejo]the new big star goes out of her way to help the man […]
Sheldon Says: Don’t Miss The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo!
When it was released in North America, the Swedish adaptation of the Steig Larssen novel made my Favorite Fifteen list, so I was intrigued to see how the North American version would compare. I certainly didn’t it expect it to match the first one, especially when you consider the powerful performance Noomi Rapace gave […]
Sheldon Says If You Must See A Spielberg Film This Christmas, Make It War Horse!
If there’s a director around who understands both the horrors of war and how to entertain a family, It’s Steven Spielberg. His War Horse is as fine a family film as you’ll find – even as it doesn’t flinch from its darker moments.
Michelle Really Liked War Horse! Joey The Horse for an Oscar!
Michelle Hates The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo!
The Adventures of Tintin – Action! Suspense! Comedy! Not a Lot of Heart!
If I hadn’t known, going in, that The Adventures of Tintin had been adapted from three volumes of the Herge´ series of graphic novels, I might have suspected it from the constant action.