Reel Reviews | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
by Tim Gordon Last month, I was in the middle of cinematic “agony and ecstasy.” As president of the Washington Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA), [read more]
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Reel Reviews | Freedom Writers
by Tim Gordon When you begin watching Freedom Writers a certain sense of déjà vu washes over you. You know the subject matter; you’ve seen [read more]
Reel Reviews | Pan’s Labyrinth
by Tim Gordon I watched the trailer for Mexican director Guillermo del Toro’s latest film, Pan’s Labyrinth and I was excited but cautious. Time after [read more]
Reel Reviews | Code Name: The Cleaner
by Tim Gordon Hello All, this will be the first of many entries as I document my life as a film critic and enthusiast. As [read more]
Reel Reviews | Battlefield Earth
Starring: John Travolta, Forest Whitaker and Barry PepperRated: PG-13 (Violence, mild profanity and utter stupidity) I am a firm believer that there is a multiplex [read more]
Reel Reviews | Where the Heart Is
by Joe Barber Novalee Nation (Natalie Portman) doesn’t like the number 5. It seems that when she was that age, her mother ran off and [read more]
Reel Reviews | Frequency
by Joe Barber 1969…1999…What if you could go back in time and change one event in your life? What would you change?
Reel Reviews | U-571
by Joe Barber Set in 1942, this military submarine drama begins quietly with Lt. Andrew Tyler (Matthew McConaughey) finding out that he will not become [read more]