Blackhawk Down focuses on the story of a group of young American soldiers in Somalia in 1992. They are sent on an “easy mission, to capture dignitaries of the Somalia militia”, assured the entire job won’t take more than an hour,…
Category: Film Reviews
A Review of Queen of the Damned (From the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice)
A Review of Queen of the Damned (From the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice) Queen of the Damned possesses none of the originality of Interview With the Vampire. In Interview, death scenes were handled with taste and delicacy. In Queen…
A Review of the film, A Beautiful Mind (Based on the book by Sylvia Nash)
A Beautiful Mind is the biopic of the brilliant mathematician John Nash, and his equally amazing love Alicia. It chronicles his strive to find his “one original idea”, how that fight brings him to madness, and how the strength of his…
A review of the film “In the Bedroom,” (based on the novel by Andre Dubus)
In the Bedroom, based on the novel from Andre Dubus, is a study of a family in Maine, who suffers a horrendous tragedy and the aftermath of it. To say much more would give away too much of the plot. Suffice to say, it’s chock full of everything you’ve come to expect from Miramax, sublime acting, above average writing, and an excellent director at the helm.