“MONEYBALL” My rating: B+ (Opening wide on Sept. 23) 133 minutes | MPAA rating: PG-13 It doesn’t sound all that cinematic: A baseball general manager uses statistical analysis to bridge the money gap between major market teams and the provincial have-nots. Flow charts? Graphs? Sexxxxy. And yet “Moneyball” is one of the year’s best films, [...]
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“MONEYBALL”: It’s lonely at the top (and the bottom)
Posted in Popcorn movies, tagged Aaron Sorkin, Bennett Miller, Billy Beane, Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Oakland Athletics, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Steven Zailliand on September 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »
“THE TREE OF LIFE”: Terrence Malick dives into the Mystic
Posted in Art house fare, Deep thoughts...maybe, tagged ", " "The Tree of Life, " mysticism, "2001: A Space Odyssey, "Tree of Life, Brad Pitt, creation, Jessica Chastain, Sean Penn, Stanley Kubrick, Terrence Malick on June 17, 2011 | 3 Comments »
“THE TREE OF LIFE” My rating: A- 138 minutes | MPAA rating: PG-134 “The Tree of Life” is a sublime, transcendent movie experience. “The Tree of Life” is like watching your car rust. That both of the above statements are true only goes to show the uniqueness of the latest effort from the reclusive Terrence [...]