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2012 Movie Reviews

‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ is a beautiful and emotional look at life in the bayou

“Once there was a Hushpuppy, and she lived with her daddy in The Bathtub.”

BeastsSouthernWild2This is our introduction to Quvenzhané Wallis, who plays the 5-year-old Hushpuppy, a resident of the Bathtub in the Louisiana bayou. A bathtub is a community of the bayou that has been cut off by a levee. Little Hushpuppy lives with her father, Wink (Dwight Henry), a man struggling with his health as much as his anger issues. Together they struggle but they survive in their poor, ramshackle village. This is their life and they wouldn’t have it any other way.

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1992 Movie Reviews

‘Batman Returns’ (1992) movie review

The first “Batman” movie from director Tim Burton was a huge hit. It only made sense to continue the story and go forward with sequels. After all, the comics have been around for years and you’d think they could go on forever without duplicating any villains and/or story lines. Burton and his Batman, Michael Keaton returned for..well….”Batman Returns”. Continue reading ‘Batman Returns’ (1992) movie review →

2007 Movie Reviews

‘Spider-Man 3’ (2007) movie review

After two solid installments to start the series, it seemed the web-slinger could do no wrong. Director had his cast intact for “Spider-Man 3”, he had a villain picked out, the Sandman and he had decided it was time, even if it was a little late, to introduce Gwen Stacy. Then everything went horribly, horribly wrong. Continue reading ‘Spider-Man 3’ (2007) movie review →