Zoe Saldana in Colombiana. (Photo Supplied) Movie Reviews By Bernie Jablonski I grew up in that great period in the history of cinema known as the Seventies. The movies of that time had more of a fierce independence about them, and if the ratings board found something offensive about them,[Read More…]

Movie Reviews By Bernie Jablonski Leonard Maltin, in his indispensable Movie Guide, described THE BREAK-UP as “what passes for romantic comedy these days,” and romantic comedy has never really been my thing (although I avoid using the term “chick flick”). I dreaded going to see FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS on purpose,[Read More…]

Kevin Spacey in Horrible Bosses Movie Reviews By Bernie Jablonski Despite the incessant number of times I saw the TV commercial for HORRIBLE BOSSES, I still found quite a few surprises in this well-paced, well-acted farce. The sad truth is, though, that I would have enjoyed it even more if[Read More…]

Movie Reviews By Bernie Jablonski Before getting into our educational double feature, I must warn you that the bar for movies set in high school (yes, I know, BAD TEACHER is junior high) was set by Alexander Payne’s ELECTION (1999) and Lorie Scherfig’s AN EDUCATION (2009). The former is a[Read More…]

Only when the last tree has died, And the last river has been poisoned, And the last fish has been caught Will we realize we can’t eat money Cree Indian Proverb Movie Review By Bernie Jablonski A recent screening of George Langworthy and Maryam Henein’s 2009 documentary THE VANISHING OF[Read More…]

Bridesmaids movie poster. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Movie Reviews By Bernie Jablonski Remember what a real double feature was like? Back in the 1970s, when I was growing up on the beloved Northwest Side of Chicago, I used to go to them all the time. They played in theaters with names like[Read More…]

Movie Reviews By Bernie Jablonski Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– If nothing else, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ new rule of having its members vote in ten Best Picture nominees rather has attained two positive goals. It gives a polish to blockbusters that might otherwise seem artistically “tainted” by[Read More…]

Andrew Garfield (left) and Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Movie Reviews By Bernie Jablonski Since the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has upped the number of Best Picture nominees to ten rather than five, I’ve been hard-pressed (though rapturously delighted at the opportunity) to see[Read More…]

Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhall in Love & Other Drugs. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Movie Review By Bernie Jablonski Love & Other Drugs is three-quarters of a revelatory, transcendent movie about relationships. I suppose it’s also a totally revelatory movie about the development of Viagra, which I might’ve guessed had I paid[Read More…]

Kristi (Sprague Grayden) and Dan Rey (Brian Boland) Paranormal Activity 2. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Movie Review By Bernie Jablonski In my review for The Last Exorcism, I said that I would be the first in line to see Paranormal Activity 2, and no, I didn’t make any Thursday midnight showings, (or[Read More…]