All articles from: May, 2011

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, [...]

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Precious (2009)

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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 [...]

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The 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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