Author: Sarah Esterman

You know the old cliché that time heals all wounds? Well, there are certain wounds that take a bit longer to heal. Wounds of this variety are often not physical, but mental and emotional.

It is one thing for me to sit around and critique mainstream popular films each week, but quite another when it comes to a documentary about art and film. The same formulas do not apply.

After sitting through the nearly two hours of crazy colorful 3-D CGI graphics that make up Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, I found myself surprised when the credits began rolling. In a slight panic, I took off my flimsy plastic goggles and wondered what had just happened.

Stepping off the ferry from Port Angeles, Wash., to Victoria, British Columbia, only a few short hours ago, I couldn’t wait to order my first legal alcoholic beverage.

It wasn’t until a couple of hours after seeing Brooklyn’s Finest that I realized I’d seen this movie before. OK, so I hadn’t seen this exact film before, but I might as well have, considering director Antoine Fuqua followed the cop-versus-street recipe precisely, only altering it to yield three times the normal results—and I’m not talking success here.

There are a lot of sweet films playing at local theaters this week and unless you’re counting down the days until finals are over so you can get your drink on in Cancun, you probably don’t have the time to pick out the best ones. But don’t worry about it—we’ve searched through them for you.

There are a lot of sweet films playing at local theaters this weekend and unless you’re staring at the spring term class schedule with a blank look on your face, attempting to decide what to take, you probably don’t have the time to pick out the best films. But don’t worry about it—we’ve searched through them for you.

When it comes to suspense and horror films, I’m not one that scares easily. Sure, I’ll jump from time to time when some creeper (or animal or monster—you get the idea) makes a sudden movement at the exact same moment the soundtrack climaxes.

There are a lot of awesome films playing at local theaters this week and unless you’re counting down the days till spring, you probably don’t have the time to pick out the best ones. But don’t worry about it—we’ve searched through them for you.

With Valentine’s Day swiftly approaching (read: it’s this Sunday), plenty of my female friends have made plans to take their beaus to the latest romantic comedies at the box office. When in Rome premiered two weeks ago (we reviewed it last week), Dear John hit theaters last Friday and Valentine’s Day is set to come out on, well, Valentine’s Day.
But who are we kidding?

There are a lot of awesome films playing at local theaters this week and unless you’re sitting around lamenting over the fact that you don’t have a valentine this year, you probably don’t have the time to pick out the best ones. But don’t worry about it—we’ve searched through them for you.