The Help
THE GOOD A film about the African American civil rights movement in America must strike a very delicate balance. It must present both sides of the issue in varying...
3.5/4
Cold Souls
Metaphors often work for their ability to succinctly capture and elucidate a complex idea, employing more accessible terminology and concepts than their perhaps obscure counterparts for which they stand....
Coco Avant Chanel (Coco Before Chanel)
Before anybody became somebody, they were practically a nobody. That’s the understanding, anyway, and Coco Before Chanel is an extended case-in-point. However, if it exemplifies the previous adage, it...
The Cove
Horrors occur all around the globe, under varying levels of spotlight beams. Some, however, deserve (to use the term pejoratively) much more exposure than they have ever received previously....
Faubourg 36 (Paris 36)
A film set in the 30′s in France, Faubourg 36, or Paris 36, feels like a film actually made in the 30′s. The costumes and the outdoor sets have a...
The Secret of Kells
One of the major obstacles of an animated feature length film is pleasing both young and old alike. The young flock to films like this, but they only flock...
Fantastic Mr. Fox
One of the wittiest films of the year turns out to be another stunning example of clever animation (puppets) and to be fully aware of how witty it is...
An Education
Films based on memoirs are a particular sub-genre in the Based on a True Story realm. They are from a particular vantage point, seen in retrospect though the eyes...
The Princess and the Frog
A return to classic Disney animation, talking animals, musical numbers with song and dance. The Princess and the Frog is Disney’s first attempt in nearly a decade to tell...
Up in the Air
Up in the Air takes its name, it seems, from a song of the same name (or perhaps vice versa). The opening stanza is as follows: I’m up in...