This is the best movie of the year (at least, so far). It’s charming but not saccharine, sweeping but not grandiose. As it is based upon a book, story is paramount. It is from Lasse Halstrom, the director of Chocolat, after all. Emily Blunt plays Harriet Chetwode-Talbot, a smart, sleek and organized asset manager. Her portfolio…
REVIEW: THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS (2009)
Seriously. They actually do. This title is not a metaphor. Like The Informant!, though less subtle, the film is adapted from a book by Jon Ronson, which is supposedly a collection of mostly true stories, and instead of saying “Based on a True Story” the opening credit leads with “More of this is true than…
REVIEW: ANGELS AND DEMONS (2009)
A follow-up to The DaVinci Code, Ron Howard‘s latest outing features fun locations and gritty violence. This installment (which mentions Langdon’s past run-ins) pits science against religion, or more precisely, religious tradition. The Cern collider has managed to capture anti-matter, which was quickly stolen by an evildoer. Meanwhile, the Pope has died and the college…