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Frankenweenie I grew up with Frankenweenie. I had had Burton’s original short on VHS and watched it frequently. I call my parents bull-terrier Frankenweenie to this day because of it. However, I hate Tim Burton’s direction as a whole, honestly he has made like 4 great movies leading up to 1994 and it just falls apart after that. I really can’t stand any film he has made post Ed Wood (which was without question the best of his career). But I decided to dive into Frankenweenie and channel my ... continue reading...

Why Stop Now  I had not heard anything about this movie before seeing it. I  just dug the cast and the story design on the back synopsis. Sometimes that’s all that it takes. I usually try not to judge a book by its author and here again I had no prior knowledge of the directors. So going into this movie all I knew about it was an all-star cast and a cute premise. Hopefully that was enough to get through this film. Synopsis Time! The story of Eli Smith (Jesse Eisenberg), a piano prodigy, ... continue reading...

The Odd Life of Timothy Green  Ok, I was really excited to see this movie because of the cast and crew. No, this really isn’t normally my kind of flick,  but sometimes you just want something different than what you usually like. I love Peter Hedges previous work on Dan in Real Life, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape and About A Boy. I think he is an excellent writer and an OK director. Then I found out that Ahmet Zappa came up with the story for this feature and I knew that I needed to see this ... continue reading...