I’m going to be honest and admit my bias right now. I’m Pagan and I’m a feminist. I was familiar with the story that inspired this film. That didn’t make it any easier to watch this movie. Seeing it brought to life on the big screen made my blood boil and provoked a profound sadness. … Read more
Warning: This review contains spoilers. I made plans to see Clash of the Titans with friends on a Friday night. I got rear-ended on the way to the theatre. My friends called this accident a gift from the gods that spared me from the horrors of this remake. One of my friends needed an hour of … Read more
The Orphanage could have descended into the kind of horror movie I don’t like. I love horror, but I’m particular about it. I don’t like torture horror, slasher films, cheap scares, or cliches. I like to linger in a creepy atmosphere, anticipating, dreading. The Orphanage knows the difference between surprise and suspense. It knows how much scarier it … Read more
In 1960’s Ireland, under the strict and unchallenged influence of the Roman Catholic Church, sex outside marriage, like murder, was considered a mortal sin. Women who transgressed or fell under suspicion were condemned by community and church as fallen women. These young were sent away and locked up in Magdalene asylums. The Magdalene Sisters is an unflinching, … Read more
Did you ever read or watch The Wizard of Oz and wonder what the the Wicked Witch of the North’s story was? In Gregory Maguire’s Oz, Elphaba, better known as the Wicked Witch of the West, is not wicked. Instead she’s an insecure and unfortunately green political radical out to unseat the tyrannical Wizard. Wicked: … Read more
Guillermo del Toro’s latest film Pan’s Labyrinth is a fairy tale as dark, spellbinding, moving, and scary as fairy tales are supposed to be. Set against the postwar repression of Franco’s Spain, the story unfolds through the eyes of Ofelia, a dreamy little girl who is uprooted to a military outpost commanded by her new stepfather, Captain … Read more
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