Overall Impression – A lighthearted, goofy (and I’ll admit, fun) comedy about debt relief – Hollywood style. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? – Rebecca Bloomwood. What’s she trying to accomplish? – Professional: pay off her credit card debt. Personal: overcome her shopping addiction. Private: find the things in life that have real value.… Continue reading CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC
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TAKEN
Overall Impression – Liam Neeson brings this slick action flick to another level. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? – Bryan Mills. What’s he trying to accomplish? – Professional: rescue his daughter, Kim. Personal: rescue Kim. Private: prove to himself that he still has a place in Kim’s life. Who’s trying to stop him?… Continue reading TAKEN
DEFIANCE
Overall Impression – An illuminating look at the tensions present amongst a totally displaced people. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? – Tuvia Bielski. What’s he trying to accomplish? – Professional: lead the Jewish survivors to safety. Personal: keep his brothers together, as a family. Private: hold onto the will to fight. Who’s trying… Continue reading DEFIANCE
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
Overall Impression – A dark classic, analyzed for us by guest reviewer Len Massar. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who is your main character? – Clarice Starling. What is she trying to accomplish? – Professional: Catch Buffalo Bill. Personal: Please her father-figure boss. Private: Move past her traumatizing childhood memory of lambs being killed. Who’s trying to stop her?… Continue reading SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
Overall Impression – A great and exciting action adventure movie that blew me away when I saw it for the first time in the 80’s, and it holds up even today. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? – Indiana Jones What’s he trying to accomplish? – Professional: Find the Ark of the Covenant before the… Continue reading RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK