Many consider Leo Tolstoy’s novel, “Anna Karenina” to be the greatest love stories ever told. Over the years, the years there have been numerous adaptations of the serial novel that was published from 1873 to 1877. The latest version from director Joe Wright (“Atonement”) is a movie filled with love and hope but also heartbreak and tragedy as well as a visual treat that will not soon be forgotten. It is the story of love, of great love– powerful love and all the stupid things love can make us do. It is also a heart-breaking tale of the tragically selfish things love can draw us into. (Continue Reading at Examiner.com)
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Spielberg’s ‘Linconln’ is crafted for Oscar glory but at times is a bit of a snooze — movie review
Steven Spielberg has tried for years to bring the story of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, to the big screen. The main problem with telling the story of the man who is arguably one of, if not the greatest American President, is deciding which story to tell. It took Spielberg over ten years to bring “Lincoln” to the big screen. At one point, Liam Neeson was attached to play the Great Emancipator before he backed out and Daniel Day Lewis took the part. It’s definitely a case where karma was kind to those involved here, even though the film is more bloated at times than it is epic. (Continue Reading at Examiner.com)
‘Wreck-It Ralph’ will delight adults as much as it will the kiddos — movie review
If you’re a child of the 80’s, you probably have an appreciation for old school video games like Donkey Kong and Super Mario Bros. You can probably remember the days when graphics were good if a character vaguely looked like it had a human form and when you actually had to use a controller. Forget the Wii or X-Box Kinect. Real video games were played with a joystick and the A and B buttons. Ah, but the age of the video game has evolved. That evolution has been apparent not only in the graphics and gameplay but also the magic of the arcade, a wonderland of video games where kids can play whatever game they want as long as they had a pocket full of quarters…