“Alice in Wonderland” (Review) It’ Ain’t Your Mama’s Alice Anymore
by: Dr. LoreneWales
For those of you who may not be familiar with Burtons’ work, he is a writer, director, producer, and sometimes actor. Ever since he hit the mainstream with Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, he’s been entertaining audiences with his dark, wry humor and eclectic adaptations of classic stories. Films like Beetlejuice, Corpse Bride and Edward Scissorhands [...]
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The Fourth Kind (Review, Trailer)
On November 6, 2009 at 5:58 am
Disclaimer**the best advice I can give you is to not do any research on this film before you see it. My analysis of this film may spoil certain aspects, so if you want to see this film please read my review after you’ve seen it.
Do you know anyone who has admitted to seeing an [...]
“STORM” (Film Review) (TRAILER)
On November 5, 2009 at 11:10 am
* * * (out of 4)
Rating: No rating (limited strong language)
Director: Hans-Christian Schmid.
In English, German, Bosnian and Serbian (with English subtitles).
It’s not often that Hollywood makes a film that depicts the unpleasant complications inherent in the aftermath of a world conflict, especially when the story reveals how the moral principles involved in a tribunal become [...]
Movies Section Editor’s Film of the Week
On November 3, 2009 at 5:18 am
In light of the release of North By Northwest on Blu Ray today, it is my film of the week. Alfred Hitchcock is one of my favorite directors and as hard as it is to pick a favorite film of his, this one is mine. Hitchcock ’s films still have audiences at the edge of [...]
Movies Opening This Week! (TRAILERS)
On November 2, 2009 at 5:40 am
The Fourth Kind
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A Christmas Carol
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The Box
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The Men Who Stare At Goats
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Staff Picks: Last Horror Picks Before Halloween!
On October 30, 2009 at 5:19 am
During the month of October, we thought it would be fun if the Parcbench writing staff gave us some of their favorite horror movie picks. Any of these ought to be worth checking out if you love a good scare that doesn’t involve congress.
As a fan of low-grade entertainment ranging from B-horror to Monty Python, [...]
Staff Picks: More Great Horror Flicks
On October 29, 2009 at 5:37 am
During the month of October, we thought it would be fun if the Parcbench writing staff gave us some of their favorite horror movie picks. Any of these ought to be worth checking out if you love a good scare that doesn’t involve congress.
“Idle Hands” (1999) is my favorite horror movie, because I like horror [...]
Staff Picks: Great Horror Flicks
On October 28, 2009 at 5:26 am
During the month of October, we thought it would be fun if the Parcbench writing staff gave us some of their favorite horror movie picks. Any of these ought to be worth checking out if you love a good scare that doesn’t involve congress.
There is nothing I find creepier than children in period costume. My [...]
“BRIGHT STAR” (Film Review, Trailer)
On October 27, 2009 at 5:49 am
* * (out of 4) Rating: PG
Director: Jane Campion
“Bright Star,” the name of a poem by the ultimate Romantic poet John Keats, is also the name of this film about unrequited love in his brief life. If only this film captured the same artistry in similar brevity. Some of the scenes seem to take a [...]
Horror Movie Staff Picks: The Omen (TRAILER)
On October 26, 2009 at 9:43 am
(Editor’s note: We asked our writing staff to send in a paragraph or two on the horror movies that really got to them. The results will be appearing throughout October here on Parcbench.)
When I was a kid, I used to love to watch Chiller Theater on Saturdays. The D-list movie show featured some of the [...]
Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant (Review, Trailer)
On October 23, 2009 at 5:07 am
How many people have been sitting at a movie, minding your own business and all of a sudden, you hear a baby crying? I would guess this makes most of you as upset as it does me. There should be an unwritten law about people who bring infants into a movie theater. Upon hearing a [...]
Where The Wild Things Are (Review, Trailer)
On October 22, 2009 at 5:24 am
No one told me to bring a box of tissues with me to see Where The Wild Things Are. Seriously, no warning. After months of anticipation, I settled into my plush theatre seat, ready for a feel-good movie about the power of imagination. Little did I know, Wild Things was about to send me straight [...]
Whip It (Review, Trailer)
On October 21, 2009 at 5:08 am
I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I saw the previews for Whip It. Roller derby? A whole movie about it? I didn’t know until after I saw it that it was based on a book and that, yes, roller derby does exist. But now that I have confirmed these two facts and thoroughly [...]
