Tag: movies
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Once (2007)
Directed by John Carney Drama R 1h 26m A funny thing, life is. It is an extremely rare thing that a movie captures life so beautifully, that it brings tears to my eyes during the opening sequence. “Once” is that film. There is very little dialogue in the first three minutes, just a long shot,…
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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Directed by Frank Darabont Drama/Crime PG-13 2h 22m I first saw The Shawshank Redemption on January 11th, 2019. I was at home, recovering from my first knee surgery and my mother was teaching an evening class over at Benedictine. When my father got home from work, he fed the animals, came in, joined me in the back room, and showed…
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
Directed by Tim Burton Comedy/Fantasy/Horror PG-13 1h 44m From Dostoevsky references to a Mario Bava parody, Tim Burton’s long-awaited Beetlejuice Beetlejuice delivers a ghoulishly good time at the movies! After three decades, audiences have returned to everyone’s favorite haunted house. In said house, is everyone’s favorite demon/bio-exorcist, whose name you dare not udder three times! 2024 has seen its…