Tag: movie review

  • “Looper” Makes Time Travel Feel Fresh Again

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    Maybe this review is really just me gushing. I’m not sure. Rian Johnson wrote and directed my favorite film, The Brothers Bloom, as well as the noir drama Brick. He is one of the few directors whose work I follow, so I’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of his third movie for what feels like ages. Before I saw Looper —…

  • The Inner Space Mystery of “Moon”

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    Moon (2009) is as much a thoughtful mystery as it is a whirlwind psychological profile of a single man, alone on the moon. It has become one of my favorite science fiction films ever. In Moon, Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) is finishing up his three-year contract with Lunar Industries, which has him harvesting fuel on the far…

  • The Dark Knight Rises Review: Bruce Wayne is the Star Again

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    The Dark Knight Rises may not have the most compelling conflict in Nolan’s Batman trilogy, but it has all the character depth and creativity that I love about Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Like The Dark Knight before it, The Dark Knight Rises gives the villain a compelling amount of screentime. This time around, that villain is Bane, a man…