Hugo (2011)
Reviewed by: Brennan
“Hugo” is a film about a young boy of the same name living in the clock tower of the Gare Montparnasse train station in 1930’s Paris. Hugo (played by Asa Butterfield) faces challenges every day as he steals food to eat and barely manages to avoid capture by the straight laced Inspector Gustav (Sacha Baron Cohen) and the cranky toy shop keeper Georges Méliès (Ben Kingsley). We follow Hugo’s adventures and discoveries along with his new friend Isabelle (Chloë Grace Moretz). Click here for the full review.
Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
Reviewed by: Nolan
Cultism is a superb subject for the movies to tackle. A cult provides filmmakers with the opportunity to explore human relationships in a setting alien to the viewer, a world that is inherently frightening and suspenseful. This unusual setting also affords actors liberty to showcase unique character traits and distinct mannerisms.
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Reviewed
by: Jared
Steven Soderbergh is a
director who knows what he is doing. Since 2000, he has participated in the
making of at least two to three films a year. He is the man behind the Ocean’s
11-13 movies, “Michael Clayton”, last year’s “Contagion” and many others. Needless
to say, Steven Soderbergh knows how to make a movie, and this is especially
true with his newest movie “Haywire”. Click here for the full review...
War Horse (2011)
Reviewed by: Derek
“War Horse” marks Steven Spielberg’s return to the war genre since “Saving Private Ryan.” The veteran director slathers his latest project with his distinctive and entertaining style, but the film is ultimately shortchanged by its sentimentality. Spielberg begins “War Horse” with grandiose shots of Devon, a picturesque English countryside with luscious, green hills and a charming town, in the year 1914. Here a young boy, Albert, peers through a fence and witnesses the birth of a thoroughbred foal. Click here for the full review...
“Hugo” is a film about a young boy of the same name living in the clock tower of the Gare Montparnasse train station in 1930’s Paris. Hugo (played by Asa Butterfield) faces challenges every day as he steals food to eat and barely manages to avoid capture by the straight laced Inspector Gustav (Sacha Baron Cohen) and the cranky toy shop keeper Georges Méliès (Ben Kingsley). We follow Hugo’s adventures and discoveries along with his new friend Isabelle (Chloë Grace Moretz). Click here for the full review.
