It's pretty hard to forget when The Village came out in theaters. The movie came on the heels of the amazing 2002 movie, Signs, so hopes were high. All hope got left behind when people saw the movie, though. It felt stilted, stylized, contrived, not as scary as we thought it was going to be, and in the end, … Continue reading Five Reasons To Revisit “The Village”
Page To Screen: Little Women
Few books have been as influential to women's literature and for that matter, American literature as Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. There's a saying among Englishers that the American literature canon is more than twelve dead white guys and Emily Dickinson, but I think it should be "more than twelve dead white guys, Emily Dickinson, and Louisa … Continue reading Page To Screen: Little Women
The Fade-out of Cameron Crowe
"As someone once said, 'There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco.'" It's ironic that 2005's Elizabethtown kicks off with that line, because the film isn't considered one of Cameron Crowe's best, not by a long shot. For all intents and purposes, it's Crowe's swan song. Cameron Crowe was, of course, the successor to John Hughes, … Continue reading The Fade-out of Cameron Crowe
Taking Up Room 