Tag: movies

• Review: Gone Baby Gone

  March 10th, 2008

  Though I’m not in the habit of review relatively recent and well-known movies (that reason is articulated here), Ben Affleck’s directorial debut in Gone Baby Gone was so unexpected that I couldn’t ignore it. I, like the vast majority of people following along, have at times dismissed Mr. Affleck as a talentless hack who got…

• Review: Blame it on Fidel

  February 4th, 2008

  Foreign films have a reputation for being boring. So, a random line from this one: Mickey Mouse is a fascist! I said don’t read it! If that’s doesn’t make you sit up and pay attention, nothing will. The line also succinctly explains the chief struggle in Blame it on Fidel (La Faute à Fidel). Young…