When a story’s been told in as many ways as has Les Misérables, it’s fully impossible to isolate and discuss any one interpretation, separate from the others. Victor Hugo’s novel is, with little doubt, a transcendent masterpiece, the Romantic Manifesto,...

After directing State of Play and The Town, Ben Affleck picked the Iran Hostage Crisis, and the true story of six Americans trapped in Iran by protesters and radicals, to base his third film, Argo, on. With seven nominations, including for Best Picture,...

Life of Pi beautifully took its audience through a touching journey. The art direction, set direction, visual effects, and animation were spectacular and a treat. Compared to the book, the movie excelled at painting the beauty of the protagonist Pi...

Beasts of the Southern Wild is a heartwarming tale of a little girl about to be orphaned by her dying father.  The film, directed by Benh Zeitlin, is told in an in-the-moment documentary style, which produced an interesting mix of realism and fantasy. ...

Waking up drenched in your own piss has got to be one of the most unbearable ways of being reminded that you’re too old to take care of yourself anymore. It’s humiliating, yet a flagrant depiction of the most unromanticized reality that defines Michael...

In January of 1992, a peculiar type of film was premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. It was produced on a 1.2 million dollar budget and starred several renowned actors throughout the cinema, including Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel and Michael...

To a lot of people, the Academy Awards is more than just an awards ceremony where celebrities receive large golden statues, otherwise known as Oscars. For many, the ceremony holds important traditions, and the venue is one of them. Recently, the Academy...

Magnificently re-creating a twisted version of the epic classic Swan Lake, Darren Aronofsky conglomerates the two sides of perfection and seduction into one mystified Swan heading down a path of destruction. Black Swan tells the tale of a cutting-edge...

Based on a novel of the same name, Winter’s Bone tells the story of a seventeen-year-old girl who is searching for her missing father. The main character, Ree (Jennifer Lawrence) is a homemaker for her younger brother and sister. Her mother sits...

Inception can be summed up in one word: confusing. The movie doesn’t explain most of what goes on, but it trusts the common man to understand how everything works in the world of dreaming. The summer blockbuster garnered in over 800 million dollars...