If you were to set out to make a parody of mid-century set English chamber pieces, the result would most likely bear a striking resemblance to Isabel Coixet’s (Things I Never Told You, Learning to Drive) The Bookshop. It’s got…
Movie Review: The Limehouse Golem
Much like the Victorian audiences who attended the music hall burlesques, or “shockers,” audiences who watch Juan Carlos Medina’s The Limehouse Golem know exactly what they’re in store for. Violence, gore, and butcherings. A little sex, a little naughtiness, and…
Movie Review: Their Finest
It’s refreshing to find a war movie that doesn’t deal directly with soldiers fighting on the front-lines, but rather with the people fighting a different kind of battle. Instead, Their Finest is about inspiring hope in the midst of war through…
Halloween Movie Countdown Day Eleven: Shaun of the Dead (2004)
We’ll be counting down to Halloween with a new post each day about our personal favorite Halloween-inspired and horror movies. To read our past lead up to Halloween coverage, click here. To all who know me or who maybe have read…
Halloween Movie Countdown Day Nine: Underworld (2003)
There is something about the Underworld franchise that appeals to me. Typically, the action horror genre is not my thing, especially one that borrows elements from better movies and throughout its installments has turned out quite a convoluted plot. Yet, these films are so watchable and ones I like to return to from time to time.
Ally’s Movie Review: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
“Well, that was cute.” Those were my thoughts walking out of The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel where I had just been charmed by Dev Patel’s enthusiastic dancing and, in all honesty, that’s essentially where my thoughts stopped. It’s a nice film…
Ally’s Movie Review: Pride
Inspired by a true story, Pride begins in the summer of 1984. Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike, prompting a London-based group of gay and lesbian activists to raise money to support…