Posted in movies on May 5th, 2005 No Comments »
Sin City: An adaptation of Frank Miller’s stories based in the fictional town of Sin City. Chief amongst the town’s residents is Marv, who trawls the darkest areas of town looking for the person who killed his one true love, Goldie.
Killer hookers. What more do I need to say?
Ok, this movie was totally wicked! I […]
Posted in movies on Apr 21st, 2005 1 Comment »
Director’s cut of Donnie Darko: High schooler Donnie is plagued by visions of a giant, evil rabbit who orders him to commit acts of violence and predicts the impending end of the world.
“Mom said the school is closed today because it’s flooded, and there are feces everywhere!”
“What are feces?”
“Baby mice.”
I absolutely /love/ the cinematography of […]
Posted in movies on Apr 13th, 2005 No Comments »
Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window: A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
We watched this movie in my Methodologies of Art History and Visual Culture class (ART 4305) as part of our study on the gaze. I really enjoyed this movie. It had […]
Posted in movies on Apr 9th, 2005 No Comments »
National Lampoon’s Van Wilder: The most popular kid on campus meets a beautiful journalist who makes him realize that maybe he’s afraid to graduate.
“Don’t take life too seriously, you’ll never get out alive.”
I don’t know what it is about this movie that I love. It’s dumb, it’s crass and it’s hilarious but Ryan Reynolds has […]