…but I find that my thoughts keep getting boiled down to two words: ‘not scary.’ “That’s not necessarily completely damning; it is on occasion many of the other fine things…
…which comes from another culture, though often kind of puzzling: It’s at least partly someone else’s nostalgia, and if you don’t know the late-1990s mandopop song accompanying a scene, you…
…thought that might get things going….BTW I love the Coen Brothers and wouldn’t miss one of their movies but they do have a detached style….come on—- admit it.” Bruce…
…when Michaela supplies Hanna with answers during an exam. Michaela also meets Stephan (Nicholas Reinke) a wonderful boy who is crazy about her. As secure as she feels with the…
…Brad is a stay-at-home dad and ex-law student half-heartedly trying to pass the bar exam after failing it twice. He gets little attention or genuine support from his wife Kathy…
Hilary says: “I was trying to fight it, but I gotta be a contrarian — I thought MILLENNIUM MAMBO was a complete waste of great cinematography. I skipped the discussion…
…production combines the whimsy and drama of Almodovar’s films with a quiet stillness that often shines in Canadian indie films. Director Isobel Coixet sidesteps several approaches toward the sentimental to…
…ignorance. The government at the time may be cruel and, as the opening titles mention, unconcerned with social justice, but bad situations don’t just come from bad policy at the…
…roles is actually an open door to free themselves from the constant vortex outside those hotel suite walls. “There is certainly a fair share of reservations some audience members may…
…Want’ scene. (If that day ever comes, the result would be a shoo-in as my favorite movie of all time.) Laura says: “‘It’s called the American Dream because it…