After receiving the news about the death of an old friend, a filmmaker named Salvatore Di Vita returns to his childhood home in a Sicilian village. Upon his return, “Toto” reminisces on his youth, where he spent much of his time in the village’s local theater and formed a strong bond with the projectionist Alfredo. Through…
February really flew by this year, and I didn’t get a chance to watch as many movies as I would’ve liked, especially with it being TCM’s 31 Days of Oscar. My spring break is next week so I’m hoping to get a good number of movies in while I don’t have to immediately deal with…
During the Victorian era, John Merrick (John Hurt) is rescued from his life as a sideshow freak by a doctor named Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins). After years of being treated poorly because of his severe deformities, Merrick begins to regain his dignity as his intelligence and sensitivity are revealed to London society.
This year I won’t have as much time to devote to movie-watching (or at least for the first half of the year as I finish up my last semester of college!), but I still managed to get a good number of movies in this month. Most of it was catch-up on this year’s Oscar nominees, and…
The year is 2027, and infertility threatens mankind with extinction as no birth has taken place for 18 years. The film begins with news surrounding the death of the world’s youngest citizen, causing further distress in a desperately hopeless world. Enter Theo Faron (Clive Owen), a former activist turned bureaucrat who finds himself mixed up…