Author: Clayton Davis November 18, 2011
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Shame (***½)Editor's Take on one of the year's best films...Author: Clayton Davis November 18, 2011 
"Shame" is one of the most daring works of the year… What Director Steve McQueen and co-writer Abi Morgan achieve in the raw and powerful Shame starring breakout star of 2011 Michael Fassbender and Academy Award nominated actress Carey Mulligan is some of the most daring and provocative work seen this year. Telling the story of Brandon (Fassbender), a mid-30s successful businessman who balances his work life and his unflinching addiction to sex on a daily basis. When his free spirited and often times irresponsible sister Sissy (Mulligan) drops by unexpectedly, Brandon is faced with having his dark secret unravel in his day-to-day operations. Headlined by tour-de-force performances by Fassbender and Mulligan, Shame wraps you from moment one, never easing its unyielding grip on us and showing the darkest parts of nature in a fresh and venturesome manner. McQueen and Morgan shape their narrative in a classic storytelling procedure that entices the viewer without ever feeling forced. They build two authentic characters that surprisingly you can relate to and find solace in. This archetype could be considered one of the best written works of 2011. Categories: Editor, Film Reviews
Tags: Abi Morgan, Carey Mulligan, Michael Fassbender, Shame, Steve McQueen Comments: 1 Comment |
Author: Robert Hamer November 18, 2011 Prepare yourselves, readers. This weekend sees the opening of what may very well be The Movie Event Of The Year™. A film so amazing, so epic, that you simply cannot miss it:
The wait is over: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 will finally be upon us! After three films and six-and-a-half hours of some of the most boring, dreary and misogynistic horseshit ever aimed at young adults, now we get to the good stuff! Will The Volturi allow Bella and Edward to live happily ever after? Can poor Jacob’s broken heart ever mend? Who cares! All you need to know is that they finally GET IT ON in this one! Not only that, but there’s a very good chance that Breaking Dawn – Part 1 will feature the most balls-out crazy part of the book series (or it could be teasing that for Part 2). Y’all know what I’m talking about. Critics all over have acclaimed this film as “camp,” “cheesy,” “absurd,” and “laughable”…like I said, you simply cannot miss this one. Not that this film will be hurting for an audience; Fandango reports that over 3,000 shows have already been sold out. Eclipse grossed $120 million in its first three days – this should blow past $150 million by Sunday. Read more on Weekend Openings (November 18-20)… Categories: Weekend Openings
Tags: abstinence propaganda, another happy day, awesomely bad movies, Happy Feet Two, Oscar contenders, Oscar hopefuls, sparkly vampires, terrible female role model, The Descendants, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, tyrannosaur, Weekend Openings Comments: 2 Comments |
Author: Anna Belickis November 18, 2011
It’s so bad, it’s almost good. I guess that’s how I and those who aren’t 15 year old girls would characterize Twilight. Catherine Hardwicke brings Stephenie Meyers beloved series Twilight to the screen, a story about the love between a teenage girl Bella Swan and a vampire, Edward Cullen. Isabella Swan moves to a town called Forks to live with her father. While there she attends a new school and quickly becomes popular despite her awkward ways of interacting with people. Everybody wants to be her friend, but she only cares about becoming close with one person, Edward Cullen. I will avoid getting into plot details for those who already know what happens. Girl meets boy, girl finds out boy is vampire and they fall in love. La Dee Da. But what makes this series of movies so engaging that we form an obsession over them? Twilight, the most corny of the series so far, is so unbelievably bad that you can’t help but watch. The dialogue between Edward and Bella is downright awkward, yet filled with romance and need. The special effects are horrendous, they almost ruin the film, and the acting is another story. Read more on Historical Circuit: The Twilight Saga… Categories: Historical Circuit
Tags: breaking dawn part I, eclipse, Historical Circuit, kristen stewart, michael sheen, new moon, nikki reed, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, the twilight saga, Twilight Comments: 6 Comments |
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