Author: Sarah Moors

The Man From Snowy River

Blu-ray Review: The Man From Snowy River

With cowboys, horses, lassos, and mountains, The Man from Snowy Riveris an Australian western adventure with a little something for everyone. Based on a poem written at the end of the nineteenth century, it tells the story of a brave…

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Thumbelina

Blu-ray Review: Thumbelina

A musical adaptation of the original Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale, Thumbelina, is a striking animated film from 1994 featuring original songs from Barry Manilow, Jack Feldman, and Bruce Sussman. Directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman for their Independent …

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Miss Representation

DVD Review: Miss Representation

Sundance award winning documentary Miss Representation from filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom takes everything we know and have seen, from Disney, CNN, Fox, Hair commercials, to political campaigns and points out the painful discrepancy between the portrayal of men and women…

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The Descendants

Blu-ray Review: The Descendants

Matt King is the sole trustee of acres of untouched Hawaiian land that he and his cousins are debating what to do with. While deciding what to do with the land that has belonged to their family since the 1800s,…

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DVD Review: The Conquest

At the end of 2011, The New Yorker published an article on how un-French the President of France Nicolas Sarkozy really is. He is a Frenchman who texts on his iPhone at the dinner table, who is loud and crass,…

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My Joy

DVD Review: My Joy

My Joy lives up to its brilliant film pedigree as being a well-executed film from any aspect of critique. The screenplay and cinematography are exceptional and work together beautifully. This is the first fiction film for political documentary film-maker, Sergei…

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Mandrill

Blu-ray Review: Mandrill

Ernesto Diaz Espinoza’s Mandrill is an entertaining crime film about a network of agents all on the move to for revenge. Antonio Espinoza (Marko Zaror) is a well-paid bounty hunter embarking on a very important mission; to kill the man…

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