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Skyfall Review

Daniel Craig. Javier Bardem. Judi Dench. Ralph Fiennes. Sam Mendes. Roger Deakins. Thomas Newman. All modern legends in their own right in the filmmaking industry. You would think their new film, yeah not any film, a Bond film, would blow you away, wouldn't you? Not today, not today. Skyfall was a film that had so much promise. So much. And yet, it took a step back following in the footsteps of Quantum of Solace. Skyfall follows Bond as he is to retrieve a drive that contains all agents hidden in terrorist organizations across the world. He can't find it and the chase pursues. It ends on a train, where M orders an agent to shoot a man Bond is fighting. She shoots, and hits Bond. The rest of the film follows M16 and M, limping out with out Bond, hoping to stay afloat. But things get worse and worse, and low and behold, Bond comes back to save the day, and does, with a story that well, isn't Bond...

The Night of The Hunter Review

The Night of the Hunter is a classic for a reason. Kids my age should take note of what makes a classic classic, and why it has stood the test of time. This is unlike most of the films that come out today: Pointless and wallowing in their own mediocrity. Classic is something that others copy, others look to for guidance, one whose story and theme transcends the art form. This is a film that has done all of the above (If you want to argue this, or debate it I should say, comment below). The story is about a boy John and his sister Pearl. The movie opens with their father hiding 10 grand he stole, and telling the kids that no matter what, they would never tell where he hid it. The kids promise and the dad goes off to prison. There he meets the Reverend Harry Powell, who finds out he has this money. This now becomes his sole purpose. Find and take the money at any cost. It's a wife, 2 kids and her family. Who can really stop him? The sto...

The Music Man Review

Oh, the modern American musical. Such a rich and glorious tapestried history of songs that can make you laugh, get you to sing in the rain against your better judgement, go to Scotland looking for love, listening to sounds in music, or wonder how on earth that person got that part. Clearly they can't sing, but hey, when it's popular, you gotta get on board. Right Mr. Crowe? I was once in this musical way back in high school, and now seeing it many years later, I've learned to appreciate the absolute insane amount of work to create a musical of this production value. The dance numbers, the music, the singing, the acting, it's an undertaking that is quite remarkable. The hundreds of extras, the size of the sets, there's just something wholly unique, something so beautiful about having real life in front of the camera. Considered one of the most iconic musicals Hollywood has produced over the years, The Music Man is a tale of a con man who ends up singing and dan...

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