Instant Video Spotlight: The Films of the Coen Brothers

Ethan and Joel Coen are a legendary team of screenwriter-director brothers who’ve racked up more box office sales, accolades and awards than many other leading filmmakers combined. Their quirky, often dark or darkly comic films always feature a top-notch cast thrown into some unlikely, yet wholly believable situations. Raising Arizona (rated PG-13, 4.5/5 stars, currently … Read more

Instant Video Spotlight: Movies Touched By Steampunk

Most people who know what steampunk is all about associate it with genre novels and Asian animated films. But you might be surprised at how many live action hit movies have significant steampunk elements. By the way, for the uninitiated, dictionary.com defines steampunk as, “a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy featuring advanced machines and other technology … Read more

Kids On Fire: A 5th Grader Reviews Mean Girls

Mean Girls (rated PG-13): Raised in the African bush country by her zoologist parents, Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) thinks she knows about “survival of the fittest.” But the law of the jungle takes on a whole new meaning when the home-schooled 15-year-old enters public high school for the first time and falls prey to the psychological … Read more