I can’t help but be a little hesitant to jump on any new musical movie adaptation bandwagon after feeling so slighted by 2012’s Les Miserables. Remember how amazing the first trailer was? Remember how we all sat in the dim theater and…
Ally’s Movie Review: Calvary
The virtuous, the evil and the damned, the faithful and bedridden, the devout and the defiled; all are represented, all are given their moments in the sun in this extraordinary look at life and forgiveness and all that falls in…
Women in Film Wednesday: Brave (2012)
Merida: Some say our destiny is tied to the land, as much a part of us as we are of it. Others say fate is woven together like a cloth, so that one’s destiny intertwines with many others. It’s the…
Ally’s Movie Review: Lucy
With just about the same amount of subtlety as a rock hitting you in the face, Lucy tries to be a lot of things, misses spectacularly and still manages to be something entertaining. I’m as confused as you are. The…
Women in Film Wednesday: A Little Princess (1995)
“Miss Minchin: Don’t tell me you still fancy yourself a princess? Child, look around you! Or better yet, look in the mirror. Sara Crewe: I am a princess. All girls are. Even if they live in tiny old attics. Even…
Ally’s Movie Review: The Congress
“Ultimately, everything makes sense. And everything is in our mind.” Robin Wright is a woman who has a decade of poor decisions weighing her down. Once a shining star and a fresh faced actress ready to take on stardom, she’s…
Women in Film Wednesday: Little Women (1994)
Jo March: I find it poor logic to say that because women are good, women should vote. Men do not vote because they are good; they vote because they are male, and women should vote, not because we are angels…