Movie Reviews
AEOS Review: The Bourne Legacy
I haven’t reviewed a film in quite a while, but I have some free time right now, so I’m back to posting. Thanks for everyone’s patience! (I know all of you just missed me so much, ha!) There haven’t been that many great films to review this month (see: last post), but The Bourne Legacy was one of […]
AEOS Review: The Dark Knight Rises
Not Avengers. Not The Hobbit. Not the first of The Hunger Games or the last of Twilight produced the most anticipated hype for movies in 2012. I still believe that The Dark Knight Rises was the most anticipated film of the year. You can even add in a Tom Hooper and Quentin Tarantino flick near Oscar movie season, and I still hold […]
Ten Reasons I Enjoyed Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
1) Kiera Knightly played a modern-day person. From playing Elizabeth Swan to Elizabeth Bennet, Kiera Knightly has played every period-piece role under the sun. Some, good; some, not so good. Finally, someone–specifically first-time director Lorene Scafaria–decided Knightly could take another stab at playing a character set in modern time (yes, I know Knightly’s had a […]
AEOS Double Review: Prometheus and Rock of Ages
I suppose I couldn’t pick two more different movies to be reviewing together, but having seen both this past weekend and having each fresh in my mind, I decided to double up on this review. Prometheus Well, I think I’ll always be catching up on movies. I have never seen any of the Alien films until last Friday, when […]
AEOS Review: Snow White and the Huntsman
And . . . I’m back! It’s felt like forever since I blogged on AEOS, and I’m happy to be back after a very rough month. How’s everyone been? I’ve been able to check out posts by several of you when I’ve found the time. Bear with me as I get my footing again these next couple […]
AEOS Review: The Hunger Games
The phrase, “The Truman Show Meets Gladiator,” was dubbed by Chicago film critic, Richard Roeper, in his review of the vastly marketed picture The Hunger Games, which opened this past weekend. I make a regular habit of reading/watching film reviews by my two favorite Chicago film critics, the internationally acclaimed critic, Roger Ebert, and one of […]
AEOS Review: Margin Call
The Oscar-nominated script for Margin Call is nothing short of deserving for the honor of being nominated in the Best Original Script category. Rookie director J. C. Chandor, who also wrote the detailed screenplay, somehow manages to gather a high-talent cast to tell the story of Margin Call, Kevin Spacey heading them. Now I’ll be the […]
AEOS Review: The Artist
Unfortunately, I was unable to post yesterday, so today will be a double header. Up first is my review on The Artist, which also happens to be my number one pick of favorite movies for 2011. The first silent film I saw was Diary of a Lost Girl, a 1929 film made by a German filmmaker […]
AEOS Review: Mission Impossible 4–An Impossible Feat Made Possible?
I was obviously going to play off the word impossible or possible as much as possible, because I have to hand it to director Brad Bird–if there were a mission to edge as close to the idea of being “impossible,” Ghost Protocol was it. In fact, Ghost Protocol was so good, that it holds the reigning title of best […]
Sherlock Holmes 2: All Looks, No Depth
A Game of Shadows reminds me of the pretty girl in the room that every guy wants to meet. She’s hot, she’s confident, she’s available. And then a guy meets her, and within about 10 minutes, he realizes why no guy is wasting his time talking to her: she’s all looks and no substance. In a […]
