movie*pie Reviews » On Video
Written by Linda February 08, 2009
First off, I declare a five-year moratorium on movie titles with active-verb-plus-noun titles. Chasing Amy was fine, clever, and original. But then came Saving Grace, Finding Forrester, the indie Chasing...
movie*pie Reviews » On Video
Written by Linda February 08, 2009
It's the summer of 1969, and photographer Sacha (Marie Bunel) has been living happily with another woman in Montreal. Problem is, her family in Belgium still thinks she is in...
movie*pie Reviews » On Video
Written by Linda February 07, 2009
This was a real crowd-pleaser at the 2000 Seattle International Film Festival, as everyone knows that there is something about televangelism where you just can't look away. But then maybe...
movie*pie Reviews » On Video
Written by Linda February 07, 2009
It shouldn't surprise me that books recounting the true heroic story of Ernest Shackleton's failed Antarctic expedition of 1914-1916 are becoming popular reading for corporate executives. After all, it is...
movie*pie Reviews » On Video
Written by Linda February 07, 2009
As corny as this may sound, the music featured in the concert documentary Down From the Mountain makes me proud to be an American.
movie*pie Reviews » On Video
Written by Linda February 07, 2009
OK, I'll admit that I watched much of Quills through one eye. I had heard that this film was disturbing and graphic, but does that ever keep me away from...
movie*pie Reviews » On Video
Written by Linda February 07, 2009
Showtime's Queer As Folk promised to take audiences where American television hadn't dared venture before: a gay TV series that (*gasp*) let its characters have sex lives! And MY how...
movie*pie Reviews » On Video
Written by Linda February 07, 2009
I have to say that I had more guffaws-per-minute during Psycho Beach Party than any movie I've seen in quite awhile. While it spoofs one of our culture's most low-brow...
movie*pie Reviews » On Video
Written by Linda February 07, 2009
Supposedly The Princess and the Warrior marks a return for director Tom Tykwer to the style of his earlier films like Wintersleepers. But c'mon, Tom, you (and Franka Potente) became...
movie*pie Reviews » Film Festivals
Written by Linda February 07, 2009
Ghita Nørby is one of those fantastic classic actresses like Judi Dench: She has been making movies for years, and is always the best thing about any movie that she...
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