The evolution of cinema began in the late nineteenth century and ends this very weekend, with the release of John Carter. Based upon Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Barsoom series, which details the exploits of a Virginian Civil […]
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Taylor Sardoni’s Contrarian Conundrums: Drive
A Special Note of Explanation from the Editor: Taylor Sardoni’s Contrarian Conundrums is a new column, written by local cinephile Taylor Sardoni in response to the reviews presented in The Strawberry Criterion. Layman’s terms: I […]
The Strawberry Criterion: Drive
Drive categorizes itself as a subversion of a genre that, upon reflection, it strives to inhabit. This is a hyper-stylized movie, where characters exhibit limited interiority, pursue hackneyed goals through unlikely means. The music is […]
The Strawberry Criterion: So Far Summer Movie Round-Up
For brevity’s sake, I’m going to offer up three condensed reviews for The Tree of Life, X-Men: First Class, and Super 8, respectively. Two of these movies more than justify substantial and explorative analyses, but I’m […]
The Strawberry Criterion: Thor
All the makings of a bad, bad movie are present in Thor. There are landfills of exposition, underdeveloped characters, undeveloped characters, voice over, product placement, narrational meandering, Deus Ex Machina after Deus Ex Machina, laughable […]
The Strawberry Criterion: Paul
Art is intended to immerse, to afford the recipient a means of removing himself from himself. In certain cases, art can provide bona fide escape from living’s trials, give rise to perspectival realignments, prompt cavernous […]
Top Ten Movies of 2010 #’s 2-4
4. The Social Network We went over this. 3. Toy Story 3 Many a sleepless night have my selves entered unresolvable debate on whether Wall-E is superior to UP! or vice versa. The consensus is […]
Top Ten Movies of 2010 #’s 5-7
7. Blue Valentine Unbeknownst to itself, Blue Valentine is a disaster movie. A familiar, idyllic world is built and with gradual, exacting precision the very devices that brought that world into existence necessitate its undoing. […]
Top Ten Movies of 2010 #’s 8-10
10. The Ghost Writer Besides featuring fits of the most gorgeous modern interior decorating in the history of film, The Ghost Writer beats out Oliver Stone’s lackluster W. for most hilarious Condoleezza Rice doppelganger. Aside […]
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