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Watchmen

By Harper • Mar 7th, 2009 • Category: Film, Movie Reviews

All over the place today, comic fans are sitting around with funny smirks on their faces.  Finally one speaks up: “So what did you think?”



Revolutionary Road

By Harper • Feb 16th, 2009 • Category: Film, Movie Reviews

The question here is if it is possible for a movie that makes one supremely uncomfortable to be an enjoyable movie.



4 by Agnes Varda – The Criterion Collection

By Harper • Feb 2nd, 2009 • Category: DVDs, Movie Reviews

Criterion finally lets us see both the early and the late films of the French New Wave great, Agnes Varda.



The Wrestler

By Harper • Jan 27th, 2009 • Category: Film, Movie Reviews

The Wrestler, while it could be seen as a departure from Aronofsky’s distinct style, might just be his best film.
Aronofsky’s gone back to his roots in a way with this film, though I don’t mean in terms of the jagged, jarring edits of his first two films or even the beautiful cinematography and art direction [...]



The Unborn

By Harper • Jan 27th, 2009 • Category: Film, Movie Reviews

What looked like a promising horror flick by Batman Begins‘ screenwriter quickly turned into a piece of sh-crap.
I was pretty excited about The Unborn.  Generally I don’t get my hopes up for these sorts of movies, but this one just happened to be directed by David S. Goyer, credited with the screenplay for Batman Begins [...]