Dear John falls short of Sparks’ other adaptions

Mira Friedlander
February 20, 2010
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Channing Tatum, playing army grunt John Tyree, and Amanda Seyfried as southern belle Savannah Curtis, would appear to be a match made in heaven; however, most scenes lack any chemistry between the two. They meet on a beach when Savannah drops her bag in the ocean and John retrieves it for her, and from... Read more »

George Clooney calls home being “Up in the Air”

Kathleen Ambre
February 3, 2010
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Most people don't particularly like being "up in the air." Maybe it's because of the stagnant recycled oxygen smelling of cleaner and synthetic plastic, the inexorable 90-degree chairs seating passengers packed--shoulder to shoulder--like sardines, or the overly-repetitive instructional videos showing... Read more »

Murder + Pyschedelic World Beyond the Grave; “The Lovely Bones”

Logan McMillen
January 20, 2010
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Both parts "Silence of the Lambs" and "Alice in Wonderland" makes for one confused audience. A lesson in cinema for what works and what doesn't. Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan) is an innocent fourteen year old girl living in a suburb of Pennsylvania. Little does she know that one of her neighbors has... Read more »

Leap Year

Devon Fitzgerald
January 18, 2010
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Based on its trailer, "Leap Year" should have been another sub-par, over-budgeted romantic comedy starring decent actors who just look pretty on camera. But after watching 100 minutes of pure enjoyment, it's safe to say "Leap Year" is anything but sub-par. Amy Adams ("Enchanted") is phenomenal as... Read more »

The Blindside

Sam Thomas
January 12, 2010
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After gaining success with "The Rookie" in 2002, director John Lee Hancock succeeds in creating another sports drama––a feel-good movie based on the true story of Michael Oher, the Baltimore Raven's offensive left tackle. "The Blind Side" casts familiar faces Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw who... Read more »

Hello there Oscar. It’s me…”Precious”

Chandy Clemens
December 10, 2009
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I love this time of the season. Great films are released in conjunction with the years end. Not only that, an aroma of Oscar gold is slowly wafting into every studio exec office and boy does it smell satisfying. So its only fitting that "Precious," a film of staggering emotional magnitude with Oscar... Read more »

“New Moon” only enjoyable to die-hard “Twilight” fans

Sean Buckhorn
December 10, 2009
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Admittedly, I expected little from "The Twilight Saga: New Moon". This was, after all, a movie planned, filmed, and edited in a little less than nine months; a movie based upon a poorly-written novel; a movie that compelled one female fan to shriek "Team Jacob" across the theater halfway. I was determined,... Read more »

A masterpiece on the woes of humanity in post-apocalyptic America, “The Road”

Meredith Gallagher
December 10, 2009
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In the midst of Twilight media-mania, many a movie have slipped under the radar, and none more deserving than the post-apocalyptic masterpiece, "The Road." The movie follows a father and son as they try to weather the constant rains, survive encounters with cannibals, and find enough food to keep them... Read more »

Wes Anderson style under the guise of children friendly “Mr. Fox”

Mickey Caulfield
December 10, 2009
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Oh, to be a child in 2009; first, "Ponyo," then "Where the Wild Things Are," and now Wes Anderson's "Fantastic Mr. Fox"––the latest in a stream of charming films supposedly aimed at children but primarily enjoyed by adults.  "Fox" delivers Anderson's trademark style in full force. If you were... Read more »

Cobain ressurrected with “Live At Reading” concert DVD

Logan McMillen
December 7, 2009
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If you saw a strung out heroin addict in a hospital gown tipping over towers of amplifiers, chances you were at one of two places. The Schmitt Music in Roseville or at home watching "Live At Reading," the newest Nirvana bootleg turned formidable rock DVD. It was ranked by Kerrang! as the most important... Read more »