Video Vault: The Road
February 23, 2010 at 5:08 AM by Shawn K. Inlow · 1 Comment
Tweet (GantDaily Graphic) The Road 2009 – John Hillcoat Rated R: 111 minutes Vault Rating: 9 Cormac McCarthy lives in this community of artists and thinkers out west. They’re the big brains in our world today, luminaries and philosophers and scientists in a community that allows them the freedom to think even the most preposterous...
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Video Vault: Where the Wild Things Are
February 15, 2010 at 12:00 PM by Shawn K. Inlow · Leave a Comment
Tweet LET THE WILD RUMPUS BEGIN!! - The classic children's book by Maurice Sendak has been turned into an admirable feature film by Spike Jonze. Where the Wild Things Are 2009 – Spike Jonze PG – 101 minutes Vault Rating: 8 When someone takes a children’s book and turns it into a Jim Carrey movie (see Grinch) or a 3D...
Read More...Video Vault: Talk To Her
January 25, 2010 at 5:13 AM by Shawn K. Inlow · Leave a Comment
Tweet Talk To Her 2002 – Pedro Almodovar Rated R : 105 mins. Vault Rating: 8 Benigno (L) and Marco ® befriend each other while caring for their injured girlfriends in today’s Video Vault feature: “Talk to Her.” Here’s a compelling and original love story set mostly in a head trauma ward. I told you it was original....
Read More...Video Vault :: Avatar
January 17, 2010 at 7:25 PM by Shawn K. Inlow · Leave a Comment
Tweet Avatar 2009: James Cameron PG-13: 162 minutes Vault Rating: 7.5 “Jungle Love” : U.S. Marine Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) gets a tip on bow-hunting from Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) in a scene from the first run blockbuster, “Avatar.”The much-hyped 3D bajillion dollar extravaganza looks good and plays a bit long. If you...
Read More...Video Vault: ‘Giant’
January 3, 2010 at 7:31 PM by Shawn K. Inlow · Leave a Comment
Tweet A Good Lookin’ Cast: Liz Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean star in today’s Video Vault Classic feature, “Giant.” Giant 1956 – George Stevens Rated G – 201 minutes Vault Rating: 7 In its three hours and twenty-one minutes, “Giant” makes its points bluntly in the context of the squabbles over...
Read More...Video Vault:: ‘Following’
December 28, 2009 at 12:54 AM by Shawn K. Inlow · Leave a Comment
Tweet Following 1998: Christopher Nolan Rated R: 69 mins. Vault Rating: 8 Today’s Video Vault feature is a small budget thriller about an out of work writer (Jeremy Theobald) who begins following strangers for material to write about. When one of his subjects (Alex Haw as “Cobb”) catches him at it, they begin a relationship...
Read More...Video Vault: Cinema Paradiso
March 11, 2009 at 7:53 PM by Shawn K. Inlow · Leave a Comment
Tweet Cinema Paradiso Dir: Giuseppe Tornatore 1988 / Italy, France Rated PG / 123 minutes Vault Rating: 9 A few weeks ago, I told you how I’d just watched this grand old film, “Cinema Paradiso,” in its director’s cut. I told you it was one of the best 24 films of all time. Here is why. Many films deal in passion but few...
Read More...Video Vault: Vicky Christina Barcelona
February 27, 2009 at 7:35 PM by Shawn K. Inlow · Leave a Comment
Tweet Vicky Christina Barcelona Dir: Woody Allen Rated PG-13 / 96 minutes Vault Rating: 6.5 When hot Spanish artist Juan Antonio Gonzalo (Javier Bardem) attempts to seduce two vacationing American women at once, love triangles abound in this mild mannered comedy-romance by Woody Allen. When Juan Antonio’s fiery ex-wife, Maria Elena (Penelope...
Read More...Video Vault: Young at Heart
January 15, 2009 at 7:34 PM by Shawn K. Inlow · Leave a Comment
Tweet Young at Heart 2007: Stephen Walker PG – 107 minutes Vault Rating: 9 When I grow up, I want to be in the Young @ Heart Chorus. The Vault Rating of 9 isn’t because today’s feature is the most cinematically magical. It isn’t because the acting is great. Actually, there IS no acting in this charmed documentary about...
Read More...Video Vault: The Happening
November 17, 2008 at 7:44 PM by Shawn K. Inlow · Leave a Comment
Tweet The Happening 2008: M. Night Shyamalan Rated R – 91 minutes Vault Rating: 7 I liked M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Happening” better than most critics. Many of the spies likewise have noted that they had reservations about the film afterward and some found the film vaguely disturbing. But count the Vault as a devoted fan...
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