Prozac Nation, based on Elizabeth Wurtzel’s bestselling memoir of depression during college, details a Harvard student’s experience of depression. Christina Ricci stars as Wurtzel, a writer who almost immediately becomes known for her music journalism when she starts college. She […]
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War Horse (2011) ☆ ☆
Steven Spielberg’s first World War I film, War Horse, concerns a horse that a boy obtains in England during the lead-up to the war. The boy and the horse become close and the horse nearly saves the family, but when […]
Continue reading »Halloween II (2009) ☆
Halloween II is Rob Zombie’s sequel to his own remake of John Carpenter’s original Halloween. This version largely leaves Carpenter’s storyline behind and sees Michael Myers resurrected by his mother and a white horse after an ambulance accident. Two years […]
Continue reading »Crumb (1995) ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Robert Crumb, one of the most famous cartoonists in the world and an underground art figure from the late 1960s, is the centerpiece of this documentary by Terry Zwigoff. The film shows Crumb at work and documents his family life […]
Continue reading »The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) ☆ ☆
Marc Webb’s reboot of the Columbia Pictures / Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy is entertaining enough, yet its very existence is troubling. Let me address that for a moment. Raimi’s trio of webbed movies were released in 2002, ’04 and ’07. Thus, […]
Continue reading »To Rome with Love (2012) ☆ ☆
Woody Allen’s latest is a mixed bag. It combines classic whimsy with gorgeous Continental scenery (many of his most recent films have been shot on location in Europe), typically Allenesque neurotic characters and a genuine interest in promoting romance and […]
Continue reading »The Watch (2012) ☆
There are films, and then there are movies. The Watch is definitely a movie, and not a very good one. The initial distinction involves seriousness of subject or purpose, though there are movies that are quite serious, or at least seriously […]
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