film reviews
Pacific Rim: a great giant monster film!
July 12, 2013Del Toro is a master of visual design. The monsters and robots are so full of detail they become characters. The scale is truly immersive and the action is spectacular.
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“The East” probes ultra-left minds in twisted plot
July 10, 2013Ellen Page is wonderful in "The East." I've never seen her in a movie when she wasn't wonderful.
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Student debt crisis: an American horror story
July 3, 2013The movie is about a recent college graduate, Kate. Everywhere she goes, her debt follows her, symbolized by a creeping red mist.
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“American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs”
July 3, 2013This radical icon remains full of grace: Bogged down she's not, as she remains ready for the revolution, whatever form it may take.
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“Dormant Beauty:” a searing look at death and politics
July 1, 2013The topical Dormant Beauty is about - depending on your point of view - the right to die, or rather, perhaps, the right to life.
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