Monthly Archives: December 2011
Retro Review: Rules of Engagement
Another military court room thriller oozing with a headline type story. Sounds awesome or does it? “Rules of Engagement” tells the story of Col. Terry Childers (Samuel L Jackson) who is faced with murder when he commands a company of marines to open fire on a city square filled with civilians. To aid him he [...]
Retro Review: The Constant Gardener
How much would you give up for what you believe in? Furthermore, how much would you give up for the one you love? These are some of the questions pondered in the political thriller “The Constant Gardner” based on the novel by John LeCarre. “The Constant Gardner” stars Ralph Fiennes Justin Quayle as a diplomat [...]
Retro Review: Cider House Rules
The coming of age story of a orphan as he becomes faced with conflict between duty and exploration. Based on the John Irving novel “The Cider House Rules” tells the story of orphan Homer Wells (Tobey Maguire) who is raised by orphanage doctor Wilbur Larch (Michael Caine). Dr. Larch teaches Homer the magic of his [...]
Weird Wednesday: American Horror Story
By Brooke Stafford Although this blog has been doing Weird Wednesdays for a while, it hasn’t truly been doing them as weirdly as AHS that has aired each Wednesday night on FX for the entire season. FX’s new hit TV series debuted back in October and has become the network’s second biggest series after “Sons [...]
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Retro Review: Walk the Line
I can’t say that I am huge fan of Johnny Cash or overly familiar with his music. The man is a legend and the new biopic on his life hopes to keep that legend alive. “Walk the Line” stars Joaquin Phoenix as the “man in black” and chronicles his life from early childhood through his [...]
Retro Review: Ali
We will learn what made him great and what made him probably the single greatest boxer to ever live. That is what the advertising and publicity is saying for Michael Mann’s 3-hour opus to boxer Muhammad Ali. Should they be promising so much? We enter Muhammad Ali’s (Will Smith) world before he is about to [...]
