Madeleine the Movie Maventag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-5655532010-07-13T00:59:33-04:00Movie reviews for movie lovers.TypePadMadeleine’s Comeback!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834d0dac653ef01348564bec8970c2010-07-13T00:59:33-04:002010-07-13T21:01:42-04:00After a 3-year (unplanned) hiatus, I decided it's time to return to the keyboard and share my thoughts on one of our greatest American pastimes: movie watching. Below is a list of flicks I’ve seen during my movie reviewing hiatus. I included brief reviews for some of them. And I wouldn't be me if I didn't categorize them in some way...I broke them down by what I liked, didn't like, those I'm undecided about, and those I wanted to see. MadeleineOn DVD: Little Children tag:typepad.com,2003:post-370116842007-07-28T23:09:12-04:002010-07-14T13:45:20-04:00Screenwriter: Tom Perotta, based on his novel of the same name Little Children is a complicated tale of lost innocence and lost love. It’s complicated not because of a confusing storyline, but because it focuses on the behavior of ordinary...MadeleineMovie Review & Lab Results for Pan’s Labyrinthtag:typepad.com,2003:post-315643202007-03-12T23:16:15-04:002007-03-12T23:16:15-04:00Screenwriter: Guillermo del Toro Pan’s Labyrinth turned out to be another force to be reckoned with from 2006. With three Oscar® wins – for cinematography, art direction and makeup – it, too, proved it was worth its weight in hype....MadeleineGroundhogs and Movie Marathonstag:typepad.com,2003:post-302128602007-02-07T23:04:21-05:002007-02-07T23:04:21-05:006 degrees… High of 11… -5 with wind chill. No, these aren’t the names of upcoming indie films. They’re the recent temperatures (Fahrenheit) we residents of Northeast Ohio, USA, have endured over the past several bone-chilling, snot-freezing days. And if...MadeleineMovie Review & Lab Results for Rocky Balboatag:typepad.com,2003:post-300149262007-02-03T12:25:13-05:002007-02-03T12:25:13-05:00L-L-Let’s get ready to revieeewwwwwwwww, Rockyyyyy Balboaaaaaaa! [cue Rocky theme music… “da-da-Daaaaa, da-Da-daaaaa…”] Now that you have that memorable song running through your head, it’s time for me to present the results to part 2 of my first Trailer Experiment....MadeleineOn DVD: Little Miss Sunshine brightens any daytag:typepad.com,2003:post-155296422007-01-30T21:08:37-05:002007-01-30T21:08:37-05:00Screenwriter: Michael Arndt Having a bad day? Bad week? Watch Little Miss Sunshine. I guarantee you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll cheer for what has become one of my favorite movies of 2006. (And if you’re having a bad year –...MadeleineMovie Review: Night at the Museum is good, clean family funtag:typepad.com,2003:post-153501412007-01-23T07:20:00-05:002007-01-23T07:20:00-05:00Screenwriter: Ben Garant & Thomas Lennon; based on the kids’ book by Milan Trenc Museums are elaborate time capsules stocked with information that tell us humans where we’ve been, what we’ve endured to get to the present day and, in...Madeleine