Film Reviews

Presenting The New Muslim Cool

April 30, 2009

In New Muslim Cool, filmmaker Jennifer Maytorena Taylor presents a look at the life of Puerto Rican American Hamza Perez over a period of a few years in Pittsburgh as he and other members of the community work to establish a Muslim community. Born Jason, Hamza used to be a drug dealer in Massachusetts before [...]

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Waltz With The Intensity of Bashir

February 8, 2009

The other day, I finally caught a showing of Waltz With Bashir, Israel’s entry for Best Foreign Language Film. This animated film is based on filmmaker Ari Folman’s attempt to recover memories of his time as an Israeli soldier in the Lebanon War in the 1980s. Folman’s use of animation conjured up memories of Waking [...]

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Frost/Nixon/Thoughts

January 29, 2009

I finally caught Frost/Nixon at the theater and was pretty entertained. The movie depicts the events leading up to and including the interviews of Former President Richard M. Nixon, the only president to ever resign, conducted by TV personality David Frost. I wasn’t aware of these interviews at all until this movie was advertised (I [...]

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Thoughts on Britz and Muslims

December 4, 2008

BBC America recently televised a British miniseries called Britz, a drama serial that follows a Muslim brother and sister as their paths in life take decidedly different turns. Sohail, a law student in London joins the Mi5 while his sister Nasima, a med student in Leeds, takes company with extremists. Britz is made up of [...]

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A Review of Slumdog Millionaire (No-spoilers)

November 13, 2008

I was able to catch a screening of the new film Slumdog Millionaire last night. The movie, directed by Danny Boyle, tells the story of Jamal Malik, an impoverished youth in India as he progresses through India’s version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire. I know, I know. That’s the premise? It’s a bit [...]

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Batman: Gotham Knight

July 11, 2008

I watched Batman: Gotham Knight last night. This is the third movie in the recent trend of straight-to-DVD animated features from DC Comics and Warner Brothers. This is how I would rate the movies thus far: -Superman: Doomsday – Only ok. However, it was at least better than Superman Returns (but seriously, what wasn’t?) -Justice [...]

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Trying to Curb the Ignorance

April 23, 2008

Over the weekend, I saw Morgan Spurlock’s documentary Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden. It was good but it’s tailored for those who do not know much about worldly affairs. If you know the results of the “War on Terror,” that actual people with feelings live in Muslim countries, and that the population [...]

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Truth, Justice, and all that good stuff

April 4, 2008

Last night I watched Justice League: The New Frontier, the latest animated straight to DVD movie released by Warners Animation. The first one released was Superman: Doomsday, which I wrote about previously. The movie, based off a comic book, was animated in an old style manner to mimic the art of the Golden Age. I [...]

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An In Depth Analysis of The Superman Doomsday Movie

October 8, 2007

DC Comics recently came out with an animated straight to DVD movie titled Superman: Doomsday. This is meant to be an adaptation of the Death of Superman storyline from the comics, which began in 1993 and ended in 1994. This animated movie was created by the same people responsible for the Superman, Batman, and Justice [...]

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