Running Time: 1 hr, 40 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Michel Hazanavicius Quick Impressions: What distinguishes a comedy from a tragedy? Sometimes the line is so fine that the interpretation of a single sound makes all the difference. I’ve been waiting a long time to see this movie. Everybody has been …
Running Time: 2 hours, 38 minutes Rating: R Director: David Fincher Quick Impressions: I haven’t read the books (yet) or seen the Swedish movie trilogy (yet), so I’m not very well qualified to review The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. (But I have seen The Social Network, which somehow feels …
Running Time: 1 hour, 39 minutes Rating: NC-17 Director: Steve McQueen Quick Impressions: What a sad movie! The first scene is sad, and it keeps getting sadder and sadder and sadder till at the end, the audience drowns in a puddle of sadness. Shame is the perfect title, and …
Running Time: 1 hour, 55 minutes Rating: R Director: Alexander Payne Quick Impressions: The Descendants is a great movie but an incredibly sad one. I had tears in my eyes through pretty much the entire thing, ready to cry in almost every scene, and I couldn’t have been the only …
Running Time: 1 hour, 39 minutes Rating: R Director: Simon Curtis Quick Impressions: Who can resist a movie in which Kenneth Branagh plays Sir Lawrence Olivier? That detail alone is bound to make this film a trivia question in the future. Still, it’s always nerve-wracking to go to a movie …
Running Time: 1 hour, 40 minutes Rating: PG Director: Sarah Smith Quick Impressions: The early teasers for this movie looked annoyingly mediocre, but I’ve loved Aardman stuff in the past, and my two-year-old loves to go to the movies. Imagine my surprise when Arthur Christmas turned out to be my …
Running Time: 1 hour, 38 minutes Rating: PG Director: James Bobin Quick Impressions: I’ve taken a long time to write this review because I just don’t know what to say about The Muppets. I saw the movie over a week ago on opening day, and I was extremely, almost uncharacteristically …
Running Time: 2 hours, 17 minutes Rating: R Director: Clint Eastwood Quick Impressions: As a fan of Leonardo DiCaprio’s acting, Clint Eastwood’s directing, I’ve been very excited to see this movie. As I watched the film, I thought, The pacing is very strange, and the story seems a little unfocused. …
Running Time: 1 hour, 40 minutes Rating: PG Director: George Miller Quick Impressions: I’m probably the only person in the world who hated the original Happy Feet. I thought it had a rambling plot, and that it presented its message in a far too heavy-handed way without any charm or …
Running Time: 1 hour, 45 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Brett Ratner Quick Impressions: For weeks I’ve been dying to see the movie Take Shelter, and then when I finally got the opportunity, for some reason, I went to see Tower Heist. My husband and I were in the mood for …
