Monthly Archives: July, 2011
Review: Inception
Originally Published: July 18th 2010 How do you capture a dream, something so surreal and fleeting, that we barely remember it five minutes after waking up? People talk about the dream-like qualities of films by Tim Burton and Terry Gilliam, but few directors approach the things we really dream about. For as much as we …
Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II
Potter fans rejoice? That’s the question on the mind of many a fan of J.K. Rowling’s landmark series, now that the megahit franchise has released its celluloid conclusion almost four years after the final book, The Deathly Hallows, was released in 2007. Ten years, eight films and $6 billion dollars later, Harry Potter has proven to be one of the most scrutinized and lucrative franchises …
Review: Horrible Bosses
When I first watched The Hangover, I remember there being a niggling sense of disbelief stuck in the back of my head for much of the film. It wasn’t the tiger in the bathroom or the stolen baby mind you; just about all manner of hijinx is fair game in my book when it comes to …
Review: Midnight In Paris
Who better to explore the mystique of a city than Woody Allen, a director who has spent much of his career professing a love for his own city, New York? His latest film, Midnight in Paris, is as much about capturing the beauty of Paris as it is about understanding why we romanticize places like it. …
