Coraline is a creepy delight to behold. The visual world of the stop-motion animated story is rich with texture, fine detail and has a wonderful handcrafted quality. The direction builds an increasingly sinister but whimsical tone. A compelling emotional journey is what is sorely lacking here.
Category: Movies
The Black Swan and The Social Network
Two of the most highly acclaimed and most talked about movies of the 2011 Awards season are The Black Swan, directed by Darren Aronofsky and written by Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz and John J. McLaughlin and The Social Network Directed by David Fincher and written Aaron Sorkin adapted from a book by Ben Mezrich. Both are Power of Reason films with Power of Reason protagonists.
Tony Curtis & The Power of Ambition
Tony Curtis passed away at the end of September 2010. Here is what Time Magazine has to say about one of the roles that defined him as an actor, Sidney Falco in The Sweet Smell of Success. It is a stunning example of a Power of Ambition protagonist falling to the Dark Side. (In the… Continue reading Tony Curtis & The Power of Ambition
#TypesTuesday Bugs Bunny – Power of Excitement
#TypesTuesday – Bugs Bunny is a Power of Excitement character
The Princess and The Frog
The Princess and the Frog is the best romantic comedy of the last couple of years. It hits three of the most important emotional beats that make Romantic Comedies so emotionally satisfying.
Best & Worst Thriller Adaptations
Sleepers author Lorenzo Carcaterra choses the 10 best thriller films made from books, the 10 worst, and the 10 he most wants to see get made.
Prince of Persia
Character lessons from Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time– Here are the key points of what to avoid in writing an action adventure film.
Terrible Romantic Comedies
This is a great piece by Moviefone. What are your worst of the worst 25 Rom Coms? When the Moviefone staff started trying to name the worst romantic comedies of all time, the discussion quickly got heated. Is ‘The Sweetest Thing’ a crass, tasteless mess or an underrated gem? What’s worse, ‘Swept Away’ or ‘Who’s… Continue reading Terrible Romantic Comedies
Two Oscar Contenders – Up In The Air and The Hurt Locker
Two of the most talked about characters in Oscar-nominated pictures this year are emotionally damaged men deployed to handle bombs in people’s lives. Their approaches to this assignment are very different.
Romantic Comedy Pitfalls – Recent Films
The three highest grossing Romantic Comedies in 2009 were The Proposal (Sandra Bullock & Ryan Reynolds) It’s Complicated (Meryl Streep & Alec Baldwin) and The Ugly Truth (Katherin Heigl & Gerard Butler). Despite some terrific performances each movie manages to stumble into more than one of the RomCom Pitfalls.