The Lucky One

Later this year a new Nicholas Sparks novel will be made into a movie, "The Lucky One. The  book is about an ex marine who goes on a journey to find the woman in his lucky photograph. Sounds kind of dull right? Well, I am in the middle of reading the  book and it's actually really interesting!!! I will not spoil anything for you guys, but it's a traditional Nicholas Sparks tear jerker. We all... [More]

They Just Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To

Have you ever been watching a class black and white film and you just can't help but think man, they just don't make 'em like that anymore?  Sure, the formula is the same: damsel in distress, Prince charming saves the day, bad guy gets wiped out of the picture.  But all of the overwrought CGI special effects mumbo jumbo causes the movie to loses the touch of class that older films always managed... [More]

Nightmare on Elm Street: Hit or Miss?

The latest Freddy movie has people talking. Not only does it star lots of newbies, like Twilight's Kellan Lutz and the CW's Katie Cassidy, but it has lots of controversy surrounding it. This is the first film of all the Freddy films that has a new actor reprising the role, and that is of Jackie Earl Haley who nabbed an Oscar nomination for this role in 2006's Little Children. 

The film is also getting lots of negative reviews for the fact that Wes Craven, who wrote and directed the original in 1984, is not attached to it. He publicly said that he was hurt by the production company not asking for his involvement. However, Robert Englund, who played the original Freddy, has said that he did not want to be involved, but looks forward to the film. 

Zoe Saldana a 'Loser'

When your birthday happens to fall on a weekend, you make the entire weekend a celebration of your birthday. It's a rule. So, seeing as yesterday was my actual day of birth, I wanted to live it up until the final second. This of course called for a late-night movie to last until midnight so I could still wake up for my 8am.

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Project Teaches Me More Than I Ever Knew

So, for my communication and culture class, I am doing a film culture presentation and its very interesting to have to do something that is fun but teaches you something the same time. I learned that The Shining has some hidden meaning to it when Jack Nicholson looks at the hedge maze. It apparently represents the maze like experience he will put his family through in the movie. I also learned... [More]