Chip Kaufmann’s Pick: “Titanic” Titanic (1953) With all the fanfare surrounding the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic and the release in 3-D of James Cameron’s 1997 film (see Clara Sofia’s Teen Review), it’s a perfect time to revisit Hollywood’s first version of the story, 1953’s Titanic starringContinue Reading
John Carter *** Short Take: Disney’s $350 million “upgrade” of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Princess of Mars is a prime example of studio overkill that is poised to be the biggest money loser in movie history. Reel Take: In a lukewarm defense of John Carter, it was not as badContinue Reading
Reviewed by Clara Sofia Based on the first installment of Suzanne Collins’s wildly popular trilogy, The Hunger Games takes place in Panem, a future society in North America ruled by a city called the Capitol. The rest of the country is divided into twelve impoverished districts, and, to punish theContinue Reading
Chip Kaufmann’s Pick: “Brief Encounter” Brief Encounter (1945) With colleague Michelle Keenan having picked Casablanca for her DVD pick, I’ll recommend its British equivalent, Brief Encounter.This 1945 film written by Noel Coward and starring Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson is considered to be the greatest British romance ever made butContinue Reading
With all the attention that The Artist has received as a silent novelty in today’s cinema, it will probably come as a surprise to many people that there have been several silent films made after sound was introduced in 1928. Up until 1976 they were made right here in America,Continue Reading
Bullhead ****1/2 Short Take: The disturbing but absorbing story of a cattle farmer, his ties to the Belgian ‘Hormone Mafia’ and his dark past. Reel Take: Nominated for an Oscar this year for Best Foreign Film, Bullheadis the disturbingly dark and absorbing story of two men tied by a childhoodContinue Reading
Reviewed by Clara Sofia A remake of the 1997 live action film The Borrowers, The Secret World of Arrietty chronicles the story of a family of little people, Arrietty and her parents, who live in a house’s floorboards. They undertake missions to borrow materials from the humans in order toContinue Reading
Chip Kaufmann’s Pick: “The Changeling” The Changeling (1980) Now that The Woman in Black has successfully added itself to the small but impressive canon of ghost story movies (see review this issue), I thought it would be appropriate to choose as my DVD pick this month the film which isContinue Reading
Here’s Looking at You Kid TCM presents the Casablanca 70th Anniversary Event on Wednesday, March 21 at 7 p.m. at Carolina Cinemas. For more details phone (828) 274-9500 or visit www.carolinacinemas.com. ActionFest 3 – This Time It’s Personal! ActionFest returns to Asheville April 12-15. The event showcases the most excitingContinue Reading
