Pop Culture
'Doubt' disappointing but enjoyable
Like many movies, Doubt is based on a play. Throughout my viewing of the movie, I kept thinking that it probably would have been better and more intense on the stage, and that was somewhat disappointing. That said, the movie is very interesting and worth watching just to see the great acting by Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Amy Adams was pretty good ...
[ read more ]
The ten best albums of 2008
I've had an eventful 2008.
I moved to Broad Ripple, took up a little hobby called roller derby, and if that wasn’t shaking things up enough, I started dating a DJ. And not just any DJ — a DJ who’s owned his own record store, has his own record label, and is a certified music addict.
Needless to say, his obsession with music is ...
[ read more ]
WUNT's 2008 Holiday Movie Guide
The title of this story is a bit of a misnomer — we don't really have the attention span required to put together a guide to every movie that could be considered a holiday release. With holiday-themed films like Four Christmasses already out and big end-of-year movies like Revolutionary Road and The Wrestler slated for sometime in the near future, there's plenty of material ...
[ read more ]
'Let The Right One In' worth inviting
The weeks when it's a struggle to find a movie worth seeing are often the weeks when you end up seeing something really worthwhile. With no interest in The Day the Earth Stood Still, this weekend I looked to Keystone Art Cinema for something that might be worth seeing. I decided to take a chance on a Swedish vampire film called Let The Right ...
[ read more ]
'Knight Rider' drives off into sunset
We have previously covered all the major developments in the story of NBC's Knight Rider remake so it is only fitting that we would report on its end. Or, at least, what seems to be the end. As you may recall, Knight Rider came on strong with a backdoor pilot TV movie during the writers strike. To the surprise of no one who understands ...
[ read more ]
