See it in IMAX (3D is optional). Very simple movie where the premise is the plot – an accident happens in space and the novice astronaut needs to survive. A 90-minute cinematic CGI thrill ride, alongside Sandra Bullock, who based on her performance will be in the hunt for her 2nd best actress gong.
Monthly Archives: October 2013
Gravity (2013, dir. Alfonso Cuaron): 90-minute cinematic CGI thrill ride, tailor made for IMAX
Prisoners (2013, dir. Denis Villeneuve): superior, harrowing thriller
Harrowing thriller sporting superior writing, acting and direction; has been compared favorably with Clint Eastwood’s Oscar-nominated Mystic River (2003). I beg to differ; it’s better. Mashes a police procedural and a complex drama exploring the impact on two families when their two girls go missing – how far would you go to find them? Do the ends justify the means? Excellent career-high performances from Hugh Jackman (as one of the fathers) and Jake Gyllenhaal (the detective). Would be surprised if it’s not up there in awards season.
2013 Nobel Prize for Literature: Alice Munro
Congratulations to Alice Munro for her Nobel Prize! Back when we read Lives of Girls and Women in high school, I had wondered at the eclectic choice of a Canadian feminist author by the English faculty of a conservative and religious all-boys’ school, but in hindsight they were just attempting to teach us great literature … one of our other books that year was, naturally, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice 🙂
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