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December 2004

December 24, 2004

The Aviator

Director Martin Scorsese marches to his own music. He makes a lot of dark films...

December 24, 2004

Spanglish

A woman at Princeton University’s admissions office opens an application and begins to read an...

December 23, 2004

The Sea Inside/Mar adentro

The Sea Inside/Mar adentro is based on the true story of Ramon Sampedro, a quadriplegic...

December 23, 2004

Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events

This is the tale of the Baudelaire children: Violet, aged 14, Klaus, aged 12 and...

December 22, 2004

Million Dollar Baby

-spoiler- A male voice over tells the story of Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) who owns...

December 22, 2004

The Phantom of the Opera

Phantom of the Opera In Paris, a few years before World War I, there...

December 18, 2004

Kinsey

Alfred Kinsey (1894 – 1956) was a zoologist at Indiana University. In the course of...

December 14, 2004

Ocean’s Twelve

I’m confused. Is Tess (Julia Roberts) the new member of the gang - #...

December 10, 2004

A Very Long Engagement/Un long dimanche de fiançailles

Just watching A Very Long Engagement, by the same writer/director of Amelie, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, is...

December 09, 2004

The Incredibles

The Incredibles is the animated story of a family of superheroes that comes from enforced...

December 08, 2004

Closer

I am still trying to work out how I feel about Closer, Mike Nichols’ film version...

December 08, 2004

Shall We Dance?

John Clark (Richard Gere) is a middle-aged estate lawyer in Chicago. As he rides the...

December 04, 2004

I am David

After the Nazi horrors of World War II came the Communist oppression of Eastern European...

December 04, 2004

Vera Drake

-spoiler- Vera Drake, a film by Mike Leigh, is not easy to write...

December 04, 2004

National Treasure

National Treasure is a very entertaining film about a family, with links to America’s Founding...

December 04, 2004

Sideways

In vino veritas is the first thing I thought of when I was watching director

November 2004

November 29, 2004

Finding Neverland

I have always been a fan of Peter Pan. When I was a graduate student...

November 22, 2004

Christmas with the Kranks

Christmas with the Kranks will open in a few days starring Tim Allen and Jamie...

November 22, 2004

Mean Girls

Mean Girls is the latest in my catch-up program for films released earlier this year that I...

November 15, 2004

Motorcycle Diaries, The (Diarios de motocicleta)

The Motorcycle Diaries, is the story of a road trip taken by Ernesto "Che'" Guavera...

November 14, 2004

The Polar Express

I loved The Polar Express. Just saw it this morning, and I thought it was...

November 14, 2004

Cinderella Story, A

A Cinderella Story with Hilary Duff as the over-worked and ill-treated teen, is an updated...

November 14, 2004

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

Hi everyone! At long last I am back from my trip to Rome and my...

October 2004

October 23, 2004

NOEL & Finding God at the Movies

Greetings from Rome! I am in the midst of a 30 day retreat and today...

September 2004

September 27, 2004

Paparazzi

One last entry before my retreat begins... Paparazzi is the story of a new movie...

September 26, 2004

Finding God in the Dark

Just to let you know that I won't be posting any entries for new films...

September 26, 2004

The Shawshank Redemtion

What a wonderful idea: to bring back the film version of Stephen King's The Shawshank...

September 26, 2004

Wimbleton

-spoiler alert- I was looking forward to Wimbleton as a light romantic comedy. Instead I...

September 26, 2004

Suspect Zero

-spoiler alert- Suspect Zero stars Aaron Eckhart as Thomas Mackelway, a disgraced FBI agent who is moved...

September 26, 2004

Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair is based on the 1847 novel by British author William Makepeace Thackeray. It...