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Archive of Movie Reviews of Dramas

Laugh with the Sinners: Get to Know The Wolf of Wall Street

14 May 2014 by Jess

Laugh with the Sinners: Get to Know The Wolf of Wall Street

This was a big movie when it came out. It was sexy, funny, terrifying, and unbelievable in many ways. It’s story about a middle class young man who finds out how to be rich and does just about anything and everything to stay that way. But out of all the guff I’d heard prior to […]

Filed Under: comedy, crime-gangster, drama, Movie Reviews Tagged With: 2013, jonah hill, leonardo dicaprio, martin scorsese, matthew mcconaughey, rob reiner

Book Your Stay at The Grand Budapest Hotel: Anderson Makes It Well Worth Your While

7 April 2014 by Jess

Book Your Stay at The Grand Budapest Hotel: Anderson Makes It Well Worth Your While

I’ve been putting off writing about this film because I was afraid I wasn’t going to be able to do it justice. I’m still afraid of that, but I figured I better just jump in and run with it or I’ll procrastinate forever. First off, if you’ve seen pretty much any of Wes Anderson’s films, […]

Filed Under: comedy, drama, Movie Reviews Tagged With: 2014, adrian brody, bill murray, jude law, ralph fiennes, tony revolori, wes anderson, willem dafoe

Don’t Let the Story Put You Off: ‘Noah’ Is Too Beautiful to Miss

4 April 2014 by Jess

Don’t Let the Story Put You Off: ‘Noah’ Is Too Beautiful to Miss

One of the first things I noted about Noah was that it was not accurate. When I shared this with someone, I was immediately answered with, “Well, OF COURSE it’s not accurate! The story is completely made up!” While I felt my intelligence was a little insulted at that, I suppose I ought to clarify: […]

Filed Under: drama, Movie Reviews Tagged With: 2014, emma watson, jennifer connelly, russell crowe

Review: Veronica Mars

18 March 2014 by Jess

Review: Veronica Mars

Confessions first: I have never seen a single episode of the original Veronica Mars series. But I love Kristen Bell, and the premise seemed like something I would have watched had I known about it when it was on – plus I loved the idea of a Kickstarter campaign for a movie for a series […]

Filed Under: comedy, crime-gangster, drama, Movie Reviews Tagged With: 2014, jerry oconnell, kristen bell

Review: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

5 January 2014 by Jess

Review: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Weird title, indie movie, you may not have even heard of it, or if you did, you thought it sounded ridiculous and didn’t even bother checking into it. I don’t blame you. Well, that’s not true. I sort of do. If you didn’t even look far enough to find out that it starred two of […]

Filed Under: drama, indie movies, Movie Reviews, romance Tagged With: 2011, emily blunt, ewan mcgregor

Review: Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

17 September 2013 by Jess

Review: Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Leave it to Steve Carrell to make me fall in love with movies all over again. I was so surprised by my reaction to this movie – I knew it would be good (Keira Knightley doesn’t make bad movies) but I didn’t expect it to be as good as it was. The movie centers on […]

Filed Under: drama, indie movies, Movie Reviews Tagged With: 2012, keira knightley, steve carrell

Review: Irresistible

12 September 2013 by Jess

Review: Irresistible

I had never heard of this movie until I found it on Netflix. It sounded interesting and it has some great actors in it, so I thought I’d give it a shot. The movie focuses on Susan Sarandon’s character Sophie and her relationship with her husband played by Sam Neill. It progresses from her quiet […]

Filed Under: drama, Movie Reviews Tagged With: 2006, emily blunt, irresistible, susan sarandon

Review: An Education

22 August 2013 by Jess

Review: An Education

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, Carey Mulligan is awesome at what she does. It’s no surprise she got an Oscar nod for the role in this movie. In An Education, she plays Jenny, a high school girl who thinks she’s ready for adulthood. She meets David (Peter Sarsgaard) early on in her […]

Filed Under: drama, Movie Reviews Tagged With: 2009, an education, carey mulligan, peter sarsgaard

Review: The Great Gatsby

20 June 2013 by Jess

Review: The Great Gatsby

I GOT IT WORKING!! If you’re following over at Still Insists, you may remember I mentioned how I shot a video review of the film, but it was showing up weird on YouTube, so I hadn’t posted it yet. I finally figured out what was wrong and it looks like it’s supposed to now. I […]

Filed Under: drama, Movie Reviews Tagged With: 2013, carey mulligan, leonardo dicaprio, the great gatsby, video review

Review: All Good Things

18 February 2013 by Jess

Review: All Good Things

I love Ryan Gosling. Who doesn’t? I have missed seeing Kirsten Dunst, and this is one of the more prominent movies she’s been in over the last couple years, so I thought I’d see it. Mistake. This movie moved WAY too slowly for me to get into it. I had to watch it several sittings […]

Filed Under: drama, Movie Reviews Tagged With: 2010, all good things, kirsten dunst, ryan gosling

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