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I have been a 6th grade reading teacher in a middle school setting in the Park City, Utah district for 11 years. I am a member of Park City's film series board, and I ...
Review of Son of Rambow
Don't let the title scare you offWhat to do on a dreary, rainy day? Well, go to the movies of course, but did I really want to drive down to Salt Lake to see one? No, not really, but am I glad I did! My oldest daughter and I had an incredible bonding experience watching a ... read morePosted on 08/01/2008 by silent one Review of The Dark Knight
Batman has grown up!While very dark, The Dark Knight is also enlightening. If you were to research the questions of whether good and evil are part of every human’s basic make-up, and what does it take to turn a good person into an evil one, you might head for some heavy-duty texts written ... read morePosted on 08/01/2008 by silent one Review of Then She Found Me
This one's forgettableThen She Found Me, directed by and starring Helen Hunt as April Epner, is unfortunately at best a ho hum, lackluster movie. Then She Found Me starts out with a voice over by Hunt, telling the Jewish story of a little boy who is afraid. His father tells him to ... read morePosted on 06/23/2008 by silent one 
Review of The Counterfeiters
A Question of Right or WrongThe Counterfeiters, 2008’s Oscar winner for best foreign film, is not your typical WWII movie. This is not a movie that demonstrates the vast scale of the war, or a movie that splatters the horror of the war across the screen in vivid Technicolor. No, if you want the traditional ... read morePosted on 04/19/2008 by silent one 
Review of Incendiary
Rebuilding on all that is lostOsama Bin Laden has had a huge impact on many people world wide, but how many of them have written him to tell him how he has changed their lives? In Incendiary, one victim does just that. A young woman’s life unravels when a suicide terrorist attack at a soccer ... read morePosted on 02/02/2008 by silent one 
Review of Be Like Others
An unusual approachDirector Tanaz Eshaghian has tackled a very unusual and surprising subject in her documentary from Iran, Be Like Others. In this documentary, Eshaghian explores the conflicts faced by Iran’s homosexual population, who according to Islamic law could face the death penalty if caught in a homosexual relationship. However, as one ... read morePosted on 02/02/2008 by silent one 
Review of Ballast
A story lost in transitionThe wonderful thing about the independent film genre is that it allows for new talent and ideas to be explored honestly without all of the usual commercial trappings. Lance Hamme’s Ballast, in that regard, does not disappoint the viewer. The story focuses on a young boy, James, trying to come ... read morePosted on 02/02/2008 by silent one 
Review of Absurdistan
A new twist on the battle of the sexesAbsurdistan is a hilarious movie that takes place in a fictitious village. The story centers on what happens when the very source of life, water, dries up. Two young lovers, Aya and Temelko, who were born the same day, same time, same room were ‘engaged’ at four and ‘married’ at ... read morePosted on 02/02/2008 by silent one 
Review of Casting a Glance
Watching Salt Crystals Grow Is Not ExcitingIf you are looking for a movie to totally zone out to then Casting a Glance is what you are looking for. This documentary about 15 years in the life of the Great Salt Lake's Spiral Jetty, is nothing but a series of long (and I do mean long) shots ... read morePosted on 01/27/2008 by silent one 
Review of Under The Bombs
Bringing It To Our WorldUnder the Bombs is a moving, heart wrenching film depicting the impact of the July 2006 Israeli bombings of Lebanon. Zeina is a wealthy woman who has been away from her home in southern Lebanon traveling with her husband. She is returning in hopes of finding her sister and her ... read morePosted on 01/23/2008 by silent one |
