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… water. The little blind child swung his arms around trying to save his life. The horse really had no chance trying to get out of the water and ended up floating down the river. The father stood there and watched as his son was going down the river.…

… was in town to screen his latest, last year’s Oscar-nominated Requiem for a Dream as part Southern Methodist University’s film festival. I had the privilege of getting to know Mr. Aronofsky at the Amstrom Gallery after party. As a kid in Brooklyn,…

… film. Having watched his “Twin Peaks” television series however, I was vaguely familiar with his style and penchant for weirdness. The film did indeed live up to the ‘wierd’ stereotype. What starts of as a typical story of tragedy in a small town…

… of transforming this novel into a film takes away a tremendous amount from the original story. This is certainly the case with “The Prince of Tides”. Pat Conroy develops each character and brings to life each member and associate of the Wingo Family.…

… in devious actions by what, from the beginning of the movie, seem to be timid women in somewhat normal relationships and lives. By the end of the movie these women become hardened criminals wanted for murder, assault, and robbery. Through the…

… and directed by Quentin Tarantino, is a classic film still enjoyed by millions to this day. Pulp fiction is a violent web of tales that carefully intertwine and relate to each other. It is about bad people doing bad things. It is also a brilliant…

… cool again, gets the Hollywood treatment a second time. “Chamber of Secrets” makes good on the promises made in the earlier film. Since the film opened with a phenomenal $87.7 million take at the North American Box Office, most likely everyone who…

… personal transformation of the movie's main character Rick Blaine played by Humphrey Bogart. In the beginning of the movie, Rick Blaine is shown as a selfish, bitter American exile who claims to have no emotional or political loyalties. By the end…

… into a fantasy world. Everyone has a different preference on what kind of movie is the best. Romance, horror, action, and comedy are different types of movies. The kind of movie someone goes to see can give clues to what kind of person they are.…

… and I really enjoyed it. The movie was about a young man who gets bitten by a radioactive spider and turns into a web-spinning superhero, doing his best to save a city from the charge of evil, while also trying to impress the girl next door.…