Movie news on your iPhone today!
Advertisement
Sign in
Username   Password         Forgot password?
Wanna join? Sign up
Find movies you'll love

apulrang Blog

  • It's all about Rose Byrne ...

    Was this review helpful? [Be the first to tell us!]
    Under discussion:

    Sunshine  (2007)

    28 Weeks Later  (2007)

    Sunshine is a great film from nearly every angle, but for me, it's all about a handful of shots of Rose Byrne's character dealing with ... the stuff they're all dealing with on that spacecraft.

    For the record, pretty much the same is true of Rose Byrne in 28 Weeks Later.


  • I'll just mention one thing ...

    Was this review helpful? [Be the first to tell us!]
    Under discussion:

    There are so many things I like about this movie, so I'll just mention one. I love the fact that we see a girl decide she's going to have sex with her new would-be boyfriend, and the decision is clearly triggered by something the guy says. Not some line, not an expression of love, but just a smart, sensitive take on a philosophical position he girl admires.


  • Clever satire of the human services guru

    Was this review helpful? [Be the first to tell us!]
    Under discussion:

    Role Models  (2008)

    I work in the non-profit, human services field. While the movie Role Models is far from brilliant overall, I loved the funny, unnervingly specific depiction of a particular kind of non-profit "guru" ... pulled off with obvious relish by Jane Lynch's "Gayle Sweeney", director of the "Sturdy Wings" mentoring program. First of all, this is a dead-on depiction of the kind of person who constantly drops what they think are clever, meaning-filled aphorisms which are, in fact, quite lame and sometimes utterly devoid of actual meaning. Second, I love the subtle implication that the entire "Sturdy Wings" agency is in part simply a racket to give this loser some kind of living and position in the community. Third, she's not a villain, she means well. And we see no evidence that she does any real harm, whatever her motives and capabilities might be.

    This is a stunningly true portrayal of a type of person we rarely see depicted in cinema.


 

Like what you're reading?

Subscribe
Search
  Go

Browse previous
<March 2009>
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
22232425262728
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930311234


Categories
 


Advertisement