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Tag Archives: Movie
Boardwalk Empire
Boardwalk Empire DVD TV B662 I had heard many glowing reviews of this HBO series, so I was thrilled when our library acquired Season 1 on DVD. I’ve now watched the entire first season and am absolutely hooked! Produced by … Continue reading
Some great offerings from the BBC!
With the return of the colder and darker days of autumn, you might like to get cozy with some great viewing from our library’s wonderful collection. Here are a few from the BBC which I really enjoyed and I hope … Continue reading
While you are waiting
It certainly can feel like forever when one is on the waiting list for a popular new movie here at the library. I know. I write titles into the suggestion book at Audiovisual, use the online suggest a purchase feature … Continue reading
Girls with Guns; or Run Hanna Run
“Hanna” is an artfully-directed, compulsively-watchable action “chick flick” that pits Irish sensation Saoirse Ronan (“Atonement”; “The Lovely Bones”) against the Oscar-winning Australian Cate Blanchett (“Notes on a Scandal”; “Elizabeth”) in a “battle royale” between two international assassins. The movie pretty-much … Continue reading
And what’s your favourite movie ?
Librarians tend to like things neat and tidy. So do film buffs. For both species, one way of manifesting such an inclination is in the compiling of lists—lists like the ten best movies of the year. While there can be … Continue reading
Do you have “True Grit”?
I saw the original True Grit movie as a youngster many years ago. Little did I realize at the time that it was adapted for screen from the 1968 novel True Grit by Charles Portis. The recent Coen Brothers remake … Continue reading
Unable to make it downtown for the Montreal Jazz Fest, or otherwise turned off by the rainy weather? Suffering from agoraphobic thoughts of large crowds, harassed families and unruly, drunken strangers? Bored by underwhelming free outdoor concerts performed by well-meaning … Continue reading
From the Land of the Ice and Snow
The English-language Hollywood version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has wrapped shooting and is scheduled for release later this year. Brashly advertising itself as “The Feel Bad Movie of Christmas 2011” and very precisely edited to the beat … Continue reading
The Deception of “Inception”
Normally Leonardo Di Caprio is not my favourite actor. So it was with cautious optimism that I decided to watch Inception. I was pleasantly surprised! He was great in this film about corporate espionage. Di Caprio plays the role of … Continue reading
Five Minutes of Heaven
The conflict in Northern Ireland, aka ‘The Troubles’ (1969-1998) has inspired a number of highly-compelling movies in the past ten years (Hunger, Omagh, Bloody Sunday, etc.) but few more heartbreakingly intense than Five Minutes of Heaven. The story is framed … Continue reading
