The 83rd Academy Awards, which will take place this Sunday, February 27 with first-time hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco, will be a night dedicated to celebrating the art of great film, in which the best films for each of the 24 different competitive categories will hopefully be rightly honored.
This year’s nominated films for best [...]
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It’s hard to believe that The King’s Speech, a film about King George VI—father of the current Queen Elizabeth of England—and the overcoming of his stutter during the declaration of war to Nazi Germany, is as funny, as invigorating, and as heartfelt as it is.
The film centers on the royally [...]
Mann Library, sometimes an arena for my most productive hours…but currently this comfortable couch chair and the dim lighting is helping me channel my counterproductive side. Thus, a blog post ensues.
I am not able to read books for pleasure very often, but when I do I become extremely enveloped in plot lines. I visualize every [...]