http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Sun, 2 Mar 2008 16:05:32 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/03/02/160532.php Vanessa SprankleThe Other Boleyn Girl is a movie a professor with a Girl Power! agenda would love.<br/> The Other Boleyn Girl is one of those movies that a professor with an agenda would love, because it filters history through a single viewpoint, leaving all other reasons and motives conveniently on the cutting room floor. This is a girl power version of historical events, something a rabid Jane Austen fan would write.Not that the real story... Video74399@blogcritics.org Sun, 2 Mar 2008 16:05:32 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/02/09/091923.php Vanessa SprankleSweeney Todd is a terrific film, an escape into a world only Tim Burton could dream up.<br/> Tim Burton wastes no time in establishing this latest version of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street right smack into the world he has been steadily creating since Edward Scissorhands. In a way, it is as if all his previous works have been a build-up towards his final destination, that of a good old fashioned musical. Tim Burton was... Video73649@blogcritics.org Sat, 9 Feb 2008 09:19:23 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/02/05/072426.php Vanessa SprankleYet another amazing movie by Paul Thomas Anderson. Give yourself plenty of time to discuss this one after you've watched it!<br/> Paul Thomas Anderson is always an interesting director and Daniel Day-Lewis is always an interesting actor, so it came as no shock that this was one hell of an interesting movie. What came as a surprise, however, is how layered and subtle it all was. Even now, I still find it hard to say what exactly the film was about, because all these ideas... Video73586@blogcritics.org Tue, 5 Feb 2008 07:24:26 EST