Thursday, November 28, 2013

Hunger Games - Catching Fire:

Better than the first movie. Acting: Top-notch. Casting: Awesome. Cinematography and graphics: phenomenal. Depth of plot: Amazing. This movie was timely and played perfectly on mordern psychology. Jennifer Lawrence deserves at the least a nomination. And it's just great storytelling. We're up two-fer this week in film. 10/10

Dan

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

The Book Thief:

Words have long ago stolen my heart, and this story did the same. This was written and filmed with the soft, magical eyes of a poet, and it will make and break your heart with ease. Beautiful cinematography, outstanding narration, incredible writing. Love, peace, and education are both gifts and privileges for those who guard them. So is memory. Just goes to show, smoke and shadows can hide beauty until the light is ready to show it. 10/10

Dan

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Martin's Big & Tall Clothing...

Absolutely FANTASTIC store. Great clothes for tall guys, (I'm 6'6") and great deals. They also have layaway plans & will hold items up to a week. 10/10

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

The Spectacular Now:

Young love, tough love, secrets and shadows battle love and light. Extremely good acting, and a much deeper-than-average coming-of-age plot mix it up in this splendid little sleeper. It's easy to love the leading couple in this, but it hurts to watch what looks like it might be a train wreck in slow motion. The supporting cast is very good as well. If whiskey were a woman, she'd get a Screen Actors' Guild card and good money out of this role. This one's good to the last drop. Here's to young hearts on fire! 8/10

Pass the popcorn,

Dan

Friday, November 1, 2013

All Is Lost:

Robert Redford as the Old Man of the Sea, gaining intimate knowledge of the spin cycle. No one will ever find a floating pickle jar, but they may or may not find this guy tumbling around in the Indian Ocean. Very few actors can make you feel completely gripped in Poseidon's clutches for almost two hours with maybe ten words of dialogue the entire time, but Robert does it with ease. No shots fired, no explosions, just a damn good story. Catch the wave, or maybe an ocean breeze, or a fish...if you can. 10/10

Dan