Tag: movie review
Scene On Film: '2016: Obama's America'
By Joan Ellis
2016: Obama’s America asks this: “If Barack Obama wins a second term, where will we be in 2016?”
There are as many answers...
Scene On Film: 'The Bourne Legacy' and 'Watch'
By Joan Ellis
The Bourne Legacy exacts a price: fear. Whenever we settle into a quiet, cerebral scene, the soundtrack explodes through the surround-sound speakers...
Scene On Film: 'Hope Springs'
By Joan Ellis
Hope Springs tosses its audience back and forth between laughter and despair. At least we’re in the hands of experts for the...
Scene on Film: "Searching for Sugar Man"
By Joan Ellis
Have you heard of Rodriguez? Not likely. His story might never have surfaced if two South African sleuths had not decided to unravel the...
Scene On Film: "Take This Waltz"
By Joan Ellis
Take This Waltz is about love and infidelity, but that tells you next to nothing about what unfolds here. Let’s look at the...
Scene On Film: "The Amazing Spider-Man"
By Joan Ellis
Welcome to the thinking man’s blockbuster. The first scene grabs our attention without even a hint of pyrotechnics and gives us instead...
Scene On Film: "Magic Mike"
By Joan Ellis
If you’re up for a thoroughly unpleasant movie with some fair to middling acting, then trundle yourself off to Magic Mike. From beginning...
Scene On Film: "To Rome With Love"
By Joan Ellis
To Rome, With Love is a wondrous romp for its first half-hour. Woody Allen introduces four mostly unconnected stories that unfold against...
Scene On Film: "Peace, Love & Misunderstanding"
By Joan Ellis
Here’s a piece of summer froth, a reprieve from the summer blockbusters. Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding is peppered with genuinely good actors...
Scene On Film: "Moonrise Kingdom"
By Joan Ellis
Moonrise Kingdom is a marvelously goofy concoction that makes us smile in wonder at the mind that created it. The initial seed,...
