Secretariat (Blu-ray)

January 26, 2011
Nathan Swank

Horse films let alone horse racing films have been around for quite some time- HIDALGO, DREAMER and SEABISCUIT being the more popular and most recent.  The latter receiv...

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I Am Love

January 23, 2011
Rebeca Surber Swank

In Luca Guadagnino’s Italian film, I AM LOVE (LO SONO L’AMORE), we meet the Recchi’s, a dysfunctional yet wealthy family who is well known in Milan for their fabric...

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Steve Carrell in the 40-Year Old Virgin

The Lord of the Rings and Christopher Nolan lead the ten best films of the decade

January 19, 2011
Nathan Swank

Posted by: Nathan Swank Creating a top ten list of any sorts is no easy task when you take it as seriously as I do.  So trying to think of the top films from the last de...

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Monsters (from director Gareth Edwards)

January 16, 2011
Nathan Swank

Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system.  A space probe was launched to collect samples, but crashed upon re-entry over Mexic...

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Four Lions

January 15, 2011
Nathan Swank

As I began watching FOUR LIONS, my initial reaction was to be offended.  Making light of a subject that has destroyed so many innocent lives is by no means a laughing ma...

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Michael Keaton in Mr. Mom

Michael Keaton’s Got Juice

January 11, 2011
Nathan Swank

Posted by: Nathan Swank I’ve been a fan of Mr. Keaton ever since MR. MOM back in 1983.  I would watch it over and over as a child carrying my own wubbie.  The way he ...

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The Kids Are All Right

January 8, 2011
Rebeca Surber Swank

Though the film was not as funny or playful as the trailers made it out to be, there was a lot more sadness mixed with elements of hope than I had expected in Lisa Cholod...

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Babies (from director Thomas Balmes)

January 4, 2011
Nathan Swank

Four babies from four different parts of the world are filmed from birth to age one in the documentary BABIES.  A tiny dirt floor hut in Mongolia, a tent in Namibia, an ...

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Mother And Child (Blu-ray)

January 3, 2011
Nathan Swank

Films about parents and their children are usually touching but also plentiful.  The key is to find a new aspect to explore in the relationship in order to separate your...

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