Perspectives from a Professor
Definitely see Avatar in 3-D. The story draws on familiar sources – more on that in a minute – but the look of the film is fresh with 3-D a welcome enhancement here. I really felt as if I were being drawn into a new world in a way that was more appealing and realistic …
So, I didn’t watch a musical after all for the second act of snow day viewing (there are only a few musicals I love anyway). I decided that a western would be a good complement to Out of the Past and decided to spend a couple of hours with my adored Robert Altman by watching …
I started to watch Holiday Affair (1949) again, but I like my Robert Mitchum movies to have a bit more bite than this forgettable story about a widow and a department store clerk who fall in love at Christmas. This is pleasant but forgettable holiday fare. So, how did I spend my snowed in morning …
I know that many (probably most) people are going to disagree with what I’m about to say. After all, some of my closest friends have “oohed and aahed” over The Blind Side for a couple of weeks now. I’ll admit that I loved the preview trailer. Even knowing that I was being manipulated with every …
Last week while driving around Greensboro listening to All Things Considered, I was captivated by a set of interviews with children who had seen The Princess and the Frog. Little girls were excited to see a princess who “looks like me,” and even a little boy or two noted that the film was important historically. …