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Monthly Archives: October 2013

Carrie: Rating: 3/4

October 25th, 2013 at 1:41 am » Comments (1)

This is the age of CGI; a period in movie history when filmmakers are able to fully convey complicated visuals, due to advances in technology. As a result, the trend ...more »

Let the Right One In, Rating: 4/4; Let Me In, Rating: 3.5/4

October 16th, 2013 at 2:56 am » Comments (0)

In honor of Halloween, coming in a little more than two weeks, I decided to write a post concerning horror movies. Specifically, I will be discussing two films: "Let the ...more »

Captain Phillips; 3.5/4

October 8th, 2013 at 2:04 am » Comments (1)

Documentary-style, hand-held camera film-making is rarely as fitting as it appears in Paul Greengrass's "Captain Phillips." A fictionalized basis of the actual Somalian hijacking that took place in April of ...more »

Gravity; Rating: 4/4

October 2nd, 2013 at 2:23 am » Comments (1)

And the award for Best Visual Effects goes to.... Since I started this blog back in January of 2012, I have never done a review of a film quite like "Gravity." ...more »