Happy Thanksgiving!
I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving holiday this morning.For various reasons, I'm spending my first major holiday away from my family in favor of spending it with friends in Boston. It feels strange, but in the spirit of new traditions, I'm making the best of my time today.For example, I'll be watching Pieces of April (2003), and perhaps I'll be able to persuade you to do the same.

Life is Precious.
This is the part where I admit that I was wrong to judge a film by its trailer; although, I suppose about 50% of this blog does just that...Lee Daniels' Precious does not descend into the manipulative melodrama I had anticipated. Rather, it is a raw, honest look into a child's journey towards self-empowerment. I'm now convinced that the Tyler Perry, Lifetime crowd-pleasing trailer is nothing but a marketing ploy that

Trailer Tuesday: A Single Man
After taking stock of some of the films we've been talking about this season, I realize that we're dealing with a really interesting collective of directors. There are the old dogs—Clint Eastwood of Invictus and Lee Daniels of Precious; women *gasp* directors—Jane Campion of Bright Star, Kathryn Bigelow of The Hurt Locker, and Lone Scherfig of An

A Trailer Tuesday Update
The trailer for Jeff Bridges vehicle, Crazy Heart:Have a look and let me know what you think. I told you so.

How much does your life weigh?
In fact, my life appears to weigh quite a bit, because it's taken me nearly a week to write a review of Up in the Air. Somewhere between midterms and a trip home to Virginia, I just haven't gotten around to sharing my thoughts until today.As I said in my comments on the trailer, Up in the Air follows Ryan Bingham (Ge