Academy Awards 2013 Liveblog
February 23, 2013 by
Movie and TV Reviews.
Featured Reviews
The Princess and the Frog
After a decade of dabbling in CGI cartoons with the likes of Chicken Little, Brother Bear, Meet the Robinsons, and a slew of award-winning movies by its subsidiary Pixar, one might think that a return to traditional “cel” animation is a bit of a step in the wrong direction. Â But like downing a glass of […]
Prisoners
Religious symbolism clashes with the harsh brutalities of a world bent in two by purely evil forces in the drama Prisoners which seeks to frighten, disturb, and wring us out emotionally. The redeeming qualities, however, unleash some terrific acting performances and unsettling suspense throughout a 2 1/2 hour runtime that manages to fly. Two missing […]
Second Skin
Let me get this out of the way right off the bat: Second Skin is outstanding. It is a documentary that does what it should: document. There’s very little in the way of agenda or self-aggrandizing. There’s no narrator, no artificial plot or conflict created by the director, and some loose ends are purposely left […]