A New Documentary Examines the Life of Bob Marley
Marley, Movie Review
Robert Nesta Marley (aka Bob Marley) did not have an easy life. As a child, he lived in poverty. His father, who was white, left the family and Bob rarely saw him. Bob was criticized by his peers for being only half black, which made [...]
Review of Martha Marcy May Marlene
A Disturbing Independent Film about Delusions and Paranoia
Although Sean Durkin’s 2011 indie drama Martha Marcy May Marlene is a well-crafted film, I didn’t really know what to think about it until the very end. It is a film that explores relationships more than anything else—specifically, the idea of what makes [...]
Young Adult & Take Shelter, DVD Reviews
A Double-Feature Review by TJ Brearton
Not since Monster has Charlize Theron inhabited a character so thoroughly – okay, except maybe for Aeon Flux, but that’s a different monster altogether. In Young Adult, Theron plays someone you probably wouldn’t like if you spent five minutes with her. Wholly self-absorbed to [...]
The Hunger Games, Movie Review
The Post Apocalyptic Saga Comes to the Silver Screen
The novel The Hunger Games is a showcase for the devastation of war, the horrors of violence and oppression, and the disconnectedness of privilege. The film version of The Hunger Games, although true to the novel in most respects, softens the book’s edges [...]
Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie, Review
The Sketch Comics Brutally Assault the Hollywood Establishment
I remember when I first saw Tim and Eric’s sketch show, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! What struck me was how little attention the two paid to the rules of traditional comedy, and instead relied on their own strangely unique [...]
An Inconvenient Truth, DVD Review
How the Controversial Film has Affected Environmental Policy
Released in 2006, An Inconvenient Truth is a documentary presented by ex-Vice President Al Gore that created quite the controversy for moviegoers as to whether or not global warming was real. The film begins with the image of green grass along a rippling river, [...]
Toying with Reality: Exit Through the Gift Shop, DVD Review
Is it Real, or Just a Hoax?
Released in 2010, the documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop generated a lot of buzz for featuring the reclusive British street artist Banksy. It became, even before its release, a widely talked-about “is it or isn’t it?” type of film— [...]
Shame, Movie Review
A No Nonsense Look at Sex Addiction
Before seeing Shame it was hard for me to sympathize with sex addicts. Who were they to complain when their lust was constantly answered by reward? But this grudge comes from a standpoint which is also crude, though easily believed. To assume a sex life is something [...]
Underworld: Awakening, Movie Review
The Latest Installment in the Vampire Franchise
A leather-clad and stony-faced Kate Beckinsale returned to theaters in the fourth installment of the Underworld series late this January as the vampire Selene. She wakes alone, labeled Subject 2, in a cryogenic cell within Antigen Labs, to find that twelve years have passed. A frenzied [...]
The Artist, Film Review
The Artist: An Homage to the Silent Film Takes the World by Storm
On some levels, the 2011 film The Artist, just released in the US, is just as wispy and substance-less as modern romantic comedies—but on other levels, it is much more ambitious. Director Michel Hazanavicius draws inspiration from both silent movies [...]
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