Zero Dark Thirty
2012.157 minutes. Rated R. “You can help yourself by being truthful.” Zero Dark Thirty is a must see, if only for the summation of a desperate but necessary chapter of the complicated American psyche, one fraught with terror. We are drawn into the horrors of the September 11, 2001 attacks and brought through to the death of Osama Bin Laden. The events that fill ten years in between become the stuff of acrimony, confusion...
Warrior
2011. 140 minutes. Rated PG-13 This film follows others in a long line from a genre that isn’t always so warmly welcomed, but once in a while–a very long while–captures the hearts of movie goers, fight fans, and people who don’t wanna romanticize life like a fairy tale. Many films try. Few succeed. This one succeeded. I couldn’t choose my favorite quote, so here’s two: Quote: So you found God, huh?...
Remakes that Suck: The Great Gatsby (2013)
The Great Gatsby (And How it Broke my Heart) 132 minutes. Rated PG 13. “I was within and without.” Never like a movie where important quotes fly at you on screen. It’s my new rule. This movie was the Cliff Notes I wish I could have had in high school when I read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and wasn’t quite sure what important things to write about in my essay. I really wanted so much to like this...
