Perspectives from a Professor
What a difference a week makes. Memorial Day weekend, I hunkered down and watched a bunch of movies on television. I didn’t plan ahead very much, just sampled what was available on TV from old favorites like From Here To Eternity to The Best Years Of Our Lives along with a couple of new (to …
I was with it for the first 75-80% of the film. That’s probably not so bad all things considered. Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley are great in the leads – two scientists who are partners in the lab and at home (Sarah Polley also directed one of my favorite films in recent years, Away From …
Mentor movies — well, I do know a thing or two about that when it comes to teachers! http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2010-06-04-mentors04_CV_N.htm By the way, the third edition of The Hollywood Curriculum: Teachers in the Movies will come out later this summer. Please share with teachers you love!
This movie is BAD – 2 hours and 20 minutes of pointlessness. Even if you think you might check it out “just to see the clothes,” buy an issue of Vogue instead. The TV series was entertaining and interesting as a cultural artifact, but feminist scholars have been divided on it for years. Some argue …
I’m playing catch-up since the semester has ended (and grading completed!). One of the films I had some interest in seeing but no time to see earlier is Death At A Funeral. The preview trailers were funny, and honestly almost all of the funniest moments are included in the trailer. There is one unexpected reason, …