Saturday, October 20, 2012 So you say you love zombies. Maybe you routinely use the quote: “They’re coming to get you, Barbara,” and you’ve dressed up three years in a row for the local Zombie Walk. And yet…you’ve never heard of Lucio Fulci, the Italian director who made three of the best zombie movies …
Monday, October 15, 2012 Cinema Siren stumbled off a plane from Paris and stumbled into a darkened movie theater this weekend to see actor/director Ben Affleck’s great new fall release, “Argo.” This highly entertaining movie was made all the more fun by being in a sold-out theater with a crowd entirely made up of people …
Friday, October 05, 2012 PARIS — This week, Cinema Siren is writing from France, land of unpasteurized cheese, Jerry Lewis obsession, well-behaved dogs in restaurants and a great appreciation of auteur film directors. I’m here for the opening of a Star Wars toy exhibit at the Louvre that involves some film art friends of mine. …
Friday, September 28, 2012 Looper is an ambitious and deeper take on time-travel and the future than the usual sci-fi action flick, and if approached with patience and an open mind, it will blow yours away at least as much as the oft-featured blunderbuss in the film. It starts slowly. In fact, it maintains a …
Saturday, September 15, 2012 If Cinema Siren had a dime for every time a perfectly down-to-earth average adult said Finding Nemo is one of their favorite movies, I might have a yacht as big as Steven Spielberg’s. The Siren knows animation. Alter ego Leslie Combemale owns a gallery that has specialized in animation and film …
Monday, September 3, 2012 Just opening on the big screen is Lawless, the story of three brothers who made and ran moonshine in Franklin County, VA. It is based on a book by local novelist Matt Bondurant with a screenplay written by Nick Cave. This indie release, directed by Aussie John Hillcoat, brings together a …
Sunday, August 19, 2012 This movie is not for the normal, usual, run-of-the mill cartoon movie fan. No. If your kids who are less fans of Mickey Mouse and more fans of Jack from Nightmare Before Christmas, or your tweens prefer Dr. Who to the Whos in Whoville, or if your family decorates more for …
Friday, August 10, 2012 In a world where teenagers are the stars and films are green-lit based on the number of explosions, it behooves us adults to put our cinematic money where our mouths are and support films with actors who stand for the older members of the audience, especially when these actors represent the …
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 Ahhh, Spider-Man. How amazing can another one be? If you’ve been reading my reviews for a while, you know two things about Cinema Siren: 1. There will be no bashing a movie just because it’s the fashion to hate blockbusters. 2. There will be no bending to the will of the …
Friday, June 1, 2012 Such promise. After Tarsem Singh’s Mirror Mirror chose form over substance, we were hoping the dark take Snow White and the Huntsman offered on the age-old tale would be all it seduced us with in the previews. Oscar winning stunner Charlize Theron as the wicked queen, Chris Hemsworth, the haughty hottie …
