Date Night, 2010, Romantic ComedyPlot: A middle-aged married couple seeks to spark their flattening marriage by taking another couple’s dinner reservations. This leads to a spiral down a long road of inconveniences and danger. Review: This movie pleasantly surprised me. What I thought was going to be just another movie with some of the funniest names inContinue reading “Date Night/ Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘N’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood”
Author Archives: Brandon Alexander
La Moustache/ TiMER
La Moustache, 2005, ThrillerPlot: A Parisian man decides to shave the mustache he’s had all of his adult-life on a whim, but no one (not even his wife) notices. Thus begins the spiral of his sanity in this 2005 French Film. All of this drama over one mustache? Review: Not too much to say otherContinue reading “La Moustache/ TiMER”
La jetée/ Death at a Funeral (2010)
La jetée, 1961, Foreign/ Sci-FiPlot: Told through a series of photographs instead of film, this movie chronicles the story of a Frenchman during post-Apocalyptic France who is enrolled in a program to send men back in time to save the present. The main character’s love interest. Review: La jetée is a film that’s concept seemedContinue reading “La jetée/ Death at a Funeral (2010)”
Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death/ The Men Who Stare at Goats
Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death, 2008, Comedy Plot: A baker and his companion are trying to stay alive after a recent “baker killer” has struck the scene and is trying to make Wallace the next in the “bakers dozen” by offing him. Thoughts: This film is exactly how a film should beContinue reading “Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death/ The Men Who Stare at Goats”
Did You Hear About the Morgans?/ The Machinist
Did You Hear About the Morgans?, 2009 Romantic Comedy: Plot: Paul Morgan (Hugh Grant) and estranged wife Meryl Morgan (Sex and the City’s Sarah Jessica Parker) witness a murder and are enrolled in the Witness Protection Program and are forced to leave the Big Apple to go to small town in Wyoming (I noticed howContinue reading “Did You Hear About the Morgans?/ The Machinist”
Exit Through the Gift Shop/ Precious
Exit Through the Gift Shop, 2010, DocumentaryPlot: This film followed the story of Frenchman Thierry Guetta’s rise to fame within the street art world as a “Mr. Brainwash” or MBW for short. “They got Mona Lisa’s on sale! 2 for $15!” It began talking about Guetta’s obsession with a video camera, filming everything for months on endContinue reading “Exit Through the Gift Shop/ Precious”
As One Door Closes, Another Opens; In the Heat of the Night/ Duck Soup
In the middle of January, amidst many embarking upon endeavors that would inevitably fail (or as we more lovingly call them, “New Year’s Resolutions”) I decided to begin a personal journey. Inspired by one of my colleagues who was inspired by a colleague of his to take a picture for everyday of the year to recollect memories byContinue reading “As One Door Closes, Another Opens; In the Heat of the Night/ Duck Soup”
The Film Chronicles 