Archive | December 31, 2008
The 11th Hour

The 11th Hour

Nothing could be more important than the world we live in and on; our planet Earth. This vitally important documentary explores the converging dilemmas of how we live, consume and destroy, that could potentially lead to human extinction. And the data is mindblowing and frightening. While “An Inconvenient Truth” is good, this documentary covers a [...]

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Akeelah and the Bee

Akeelah and the Bee

I really enjoyed this film. It’s portrayal of the extremely competitive spelling bee competitions is, forgive the bad pun, spellbinding. Keke Palmer is absolutely fantastic, but I was surprised by Laurence Fishburne’s strong and silent performance. The story brings everyone together, even rivals, and does it with class.

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WALL·E

WALL-E

It is truly amazing what Pixar has done here. The story is not complicated, but the emotions portrayed certainly are, and for most of the film it is without words. That’s real storytelling, without dialogue. I never thought I’d ever get misty eyes watching robots, but this movie did it a few times. Plus it [...]

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