September 2011
1 post
50 Favorite Films Continued...
#42
LOVE JONES
One of the most realistic depictions of a black couple I’ve seen in any film. Love Jones is raw, but classy. The movie has an era of sophistication about it. Maybe it’s because all of the characters are “Renaissance” black people, as the protagonist calls them. They’re writers, poets, photographers, artists in every sense of the word. The movie is...
August 2011
1 post
50 Favorite Films List Continued...
#43
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
The real life story of Frank Abagnale Jr, a young man who committed check fruad in the 1960s, stealing millions of dollars worth of checks. The fact that this is based on a true story makes it even more compelling. Frank was just an average boy, going through what so many teenagers face nowadays…their parents divorcing. Scared and frustrated, he runs away from...
December 2010
1 post
Countdown of my 50 Favorite Movies...
#44
CLOSER
A movie about the relationships between 4 individuals; Anna, Alice, Dan, and Larry. The movie chronicles the lives of these 4 people, as they all become intimate and romantic partners with each other at different points in their lives. Boy meets girl, boy breaks up with girl, boy meets someone new, new girl breaks up with him and meets a different boy. It’s all very complex...
August 2010
2 posts
Countdown of my 50 Favorite Movies Continues (#45)
#45
PLEASANTVILLE
A movie about 2 teenagers from modern day society who get transported into a 1950’s television sitcom. Jennifer and David are siblings living in the 90s. Jennifer has a reputation of being promiscuous and rebellious. David is more reserved, subdued, and most importantly—obsessed with a 1950s tv sitcom called Pleasantville. Due to David’s obsession with the...
Countdown of my 50 Favorite Movies Continues (#46)
#46
SCREAM
Let me preface this by saying I am a huge fan of the horror genre. I love horror films in all their cheesy, formulaic, clichéd glory. One of my favorite horror films of all time is Scream. The storyline is pretty complex for a horror movie. Rather than just having a serial killer running loose, slicing and dicing for the heck of it, there’s a lot more to this plot. Sidney Prescott...
June 2010
1 post
Countdown of my top 50 favorite movies continues...
#47
CRUEL INTENTIONS
A movie all about love, lust, and betrayal. Before there was Gossip Girl, Cruel Intentions was the first popular mainstream film to focus on the lives of spoiled brats from Manhattan’s upper east side. The story focuses on our main character, Sebastian. Sebastian is essentially, a male whore. He spends his time bedding a string of women; using them for sex and...
April 2010
3 posts
List of My Top 50 Favorite Films Continues...(#48)
#48
CRAZY/BEAUTIFUL
This film features one of my favorite on screen love stories. Nicole is a wild, out of control teenager who spends her days drinking and partying. On the surface she appears to be having fun. But below the surface lies an endless amount of problems. The memory of watching her mother commit suicide when she was just 13 years old puts her in a state of depression. She copes...
Continuing My Top 50 Favorite Films of All Time...
# 49
TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME
I’m usually not an advocate for black films. And I say that as a black woman myself. I feel most of them are poorly made, poorly scripted, poorly acted, bad direction, they tend to perpetuate negative stereotypes as well. But Two Can Play that Game is one of the few out there with an insightful, original script, a great cast, a hilarious concept…and...
My Top 50 Favorite Films of All Time
Being the film buff that I am, and having a job (as a receptionist) where I sit at a computer all day and do basically nothing, I decided to compile a list of my top 50 favorite films of all time. Some are pretty obvious, while others might make you scratch your head and think “How the heck can anyone like that film?” Anywho, I feel like this will be a process, so I’ll try to add...
February 2010
1 post
Working on a Saturday
The positives: No one comes in because it’s Saturday. So I usually spend the day BSing on the computer.
The negatives: No one comes in because it’s Saturday, so I often fall asleep at my desk. Which ensues major paranoia. I keep thinking that my boss will randomly decide to come in one Saturday and catch me sleeping on the job…literally. I’m a secretary for my...