Arts
Movie Reviews – May 2012
Bully, The Cabin in the Woods, The Raven, Three Stooges and Undefeated are reviewed. … read more
Movie Reviews – April 2012
21 Jump Street, Chico & Rita, The Hunger Games, Project X and The Raid: Redemption are reviewed. … read more
Movie Reviews – March 2012
This month we have reviews of Act of Valor, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Journey 2, Parade, and This Means War. … read more
Banff Mountain Film Festival @ U of U 02.21-23
True inspiration comes in many forms. For me, it is making the annual pilgrimage to Kingsbury Hall to see the Banff Mountain Film Festival. The University of Utah has hosted the three-night event for the past 21 years, but the original festival has been held in Banff, Alberta, Canada since 1976. … read more
The D Word: Understanding Dyslexia
Director James Redford explores the myths and facts revolving around dyslexia in this enlightening documentary. … read more
V/H/S
A group of pranksters who document their lives are hired via email to break into a home and steal a much desired VHS tape. Not ones to shy away from filming their illegal antics, the crew bring the audience along to witness the crime. However, upon arrival, a scattered collection of tapes are found, so, in order to locate the correct item, the criminals (and the members of the audience) must watch one horrifying tape after another. … read more
Black Rock
When three childhood friends who’ve grown apart over the years decide to spend a weekend camping together on a remote wooded island, it would appear their lives may have taken a turn for the better. But when an accident results in the death of a random acquaintance, the girls find themselves fighting for their lives far away from civilization. … read more
Room 237
Room 237 is Rodney Ascher’s experimental cinematic exploration into the mysterious theories and underlying messages buried within Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror film, The Shining. … read more
Goats
In this coming-of-age story based on the novel Smart People by Mark Jude Poirier, Ellis Whitman (Graham Phillips) is a 15-year-old with a strange family dynamic. … read more
Bear
I’m not one to interject during movies, especially when I’m watching them alone, but I gasped a loud “Holy shit!” to the strangers in the audience as I watched Bear, the short film that preceded the screening of Safety Not Guaranteed at Sundance. … read more