Black Swan (2010)
Black Swan was directed by Darren Aronofsky and had five Academy Award nominations. Natalie Portman won Best Actress for her performance. The film is about a fragile mentally-ill ballerina and her performance in the biggest moment of her career. This movie was interesting and so tensely captivating. Overall, I found it to be somewhat confusing, [...]
Read morePrecious (2009)
Precious is a 2009 film that tells the story of an abused and overweight teen who discovers two secrets about herself that will make her life a million times harder. I liked this movie. It is certainly pessimistic as we are introduced to Precious at the bottom of her life only to see her go [...]
Read moreThe Cure (1995)
The Cure is a 1995 film starring Brad Renfro and Joseph Mazzello. It is about a boy’s struggle with AIDS as he and his only friend take an adventurous trip down the Mississippi River to find a cure. This movie should have been done more as a children’s movie. Maybe death warrants it being PG-13, [...]
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