Right At Your Door

If you have a fear of impending doom coming from the hands of terrorists, it’d be best if you stayed away from Right At Your Door. The premise of this film is a dirty bomb goes off in downtown L.A. and we see the subsequent fear and chaos that erupts in one particular home outside [...]

The Dark Knight **Minor spoilers**

I promised I’d be back with thoughts on The Dark Knight, but thesourgrapes wrote such a fine review I really wanted everyone to have a chance to read that before I stuck my two cents in to the mix. I agree with pretty much everything thesourgrapes had to say, so I’ll try not to be [...]

24 Hour Party People

24 Hour Party People is a crazy movie and not quite what I was expecting. When I heard the title and saw the psychedelic colors on the cover of the DVD, I immediately thought trippy rave movie, (similar to Groove). And when the opening credits came on, it seemed like I was right. I’m not [...]

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, Dark Knight!

Hello Internet world! I’ve never roamed into the blogger’s world before, but for The Dark Knight, I am prepared to do just about anything!
Still a bit blurry eyed from staying up until 3 am to finish the screening here at CinemaSalem, what I can tell you first and foremost is while the running time is [...]

Batman continues

In preparing for the movie everyone has been waiting for, this summer’s blockbuster extravaganza, The Dark Knight, I decided to pop Batman Begins into the old DVD player and get myself ready.
I should preface this whole thing by going back a bit. I’m bats for the Batman. Before I moved into my tiny apartment and [...]

August 22: What Should We Get?

At Cinema Salem, we might have an open week (8/22-28) to get a new indie film. It would definitely only be for one week, but it looks like we have plenty of options. Here are some trailers for ones I thought might be good. Do any of these look worthwhile or should we go for [...]

Son Of Rambow

Films that have children dominating the movie are a dime a dozen. The difference between all of those other movies and Son Of Rambow is that Rambow isn’t a kids movie. What was the last movie like this? Maybe Stand By Me? That was over 10 years ago. It’s prime time for everyone to see [...]

The Dirty Dozen

Sometimes I watch a movie and I feel like I’m the only person left who hasn’t seen it yet. Actually, that happens a lot, as I try to catch up on “the classics” as often as possible. The Dirty Dozen is definitely one of those movies. A classic, and one that before today, I had [...]

Persepolis

Here’s one that had a lot of buzz last year, as is usually the case with a foreign film being nominated for a Best Animated Feature Film award in the Oscars. The last one to actually win in said category was Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away in 2002 (well, technically it was Wallace & Gromit [...]

I Heart Robots

**This post contains minor spoilers**
I have been excited about the newest installment in the Disney/Pixar juggernaut for about a year. Last June, my theater opened Ratatouille, Brad Bird’s masterpiece about a rat who wants to be a chef. A preview of WALL-E came attached to Reel 1 of that film, and because Ratatouille played [...]