This biography drama opens the world up to a story that many of us are ignorant of. I admit I was foolishly not familiar with this piece of history, until it turned Hollywood. And I’m glad that it did. Let’s just say gay rights activism isn’t exactly plugged into history books. NOW is the time that it should be. Sean Penn gives a performance of a lifetime and could not better demonstrate this vital piece of historical events. Milk is a powerful film that no one should miss out on.
Milk
– February 7, 2010
World’s Greatest Dad
– February 6, 2010
It’s about time Robin Williams did something good!
As Lance Clayton, Williams is a perfectly average high school English teacher with less than full classrooms and struggling to maintain a relationship with his son as a single dad. He’s written five novels and each one has been rejected by publishers. And most of all, as he says in the beginning, he’s terrified of being alone. Kyle (Daryl Sabara), his son, is the quintessential high school black sheep: one close friend who he isn’t even nice to, thinks everything is stupid (he uses less than G-Rated terminology, but I’ll keep it family friendly), and harbors a mean addiction to internet porn and video games. Basically, the kid is a foul-mouthed, slovenly, disrespectful jerk with no sort of future. And all the while Lance seems to feel like his life is bottoming out: he has no students in his poetry class and those he does have, plagiarize, his girlfriend (Alexie Gilmore) seems to be more interested in the “cool” teacher and begins spending more and more time with the cool guy than with him, and add all this to his son not wanting anything to do with him, and you’ve got your plot conflict!! It starts out quite slow, but at the inevitable plot twist, it all gets a lot more interesting…
Dear John
– February 5, 2010
I have never read a Nicholas Sparks novel and honestly, I have no intentions to. I would much rather watch the chick flick film adaptations of his love stories than read the books. I knew that Dear John was not going to be of the same caliber as The Notebook, but I was pleasantly surprised with this romance infused drama.
John (Channing Tatum) is on leave from the Army for two weeks when he meets Savannah (Amanda Seyfried), who, coincidentally, is on her Spring Break from college. The two randomly meet on the beach in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Me In Focus Magazine
– February 4, 2010
As of this month, we’re being published monthly in Me In Focus Magazine, a Chicago based woman’s magazine.
We are very excited to be part of the Me In Focus family, and to represent strong women in Chicago. The magazine is fabulous! Please check it out and subscribe, especially if you’re a Chicago woman!
Local Color
– February 4, 2010
“One Master. One Student. One Summer To Dream.”
John (Trevor Morgan) an 18-year-old boy is determined to become an painter, constantly drawing male nudes while locked away in his room. His father, John Sr. (Ray Liotta, and from here-out referred to as ‘Senior’), questions Johns interest in art, and just assumes his son is a homosexual because of John’s subject choice. Senior would much rather have John playing sports and be chasing girls. He just doesn’t see what, how, or why John does what he does. This is not your ‘typical’ father son relationship.
100 Feet
– February 3, 2010
“Her husband is dead and he’s taking the news badly…”
Marnie Wilson (Famke Janssen) killed her husband Mike (Michael Pare), a New York cop, in self-defense to his abuse. Although nobody believed it was self-defense, she stood her ground. She was sentenced to years in prison, she was released to be under house arrest. The bracelet she’s forced to wear only lets her go up to 100 Feet away from the center of the house. This radius didn’t even let her go outside her own home. Can you imagine not being able to go outside for months?
Retro Review – Fame (1980)
– February 2, 2010
After seeing Fame (2009), I decided to sit and watch all of the 1980 version. Usually I find the original movies better, but this would be the opposite for Fame (1980).
The plot of the movie is the same with many of the same scenes. Teenagers in New York City that feel they have talent to make it in any performing arts profession attends the academy of performing arts. The teenagers in this film undergo the same pressures of success and failure in school, their art, and life choices. However, in 1980, homosexuals and interraical relationships were kept hidden from the public, and you can see the problems these teens have trying to overcome these feelings. The only actor that I have seen outside of this film is Paul McCrane, but a couple of the actors went on to star in the TV series fame, which include Lee Curreri and Gene Anthony Ray. Read More
