By Savanah Wood Rating: B K2 is a beautiful, formidable mountain, located in the Himalayas on the border of China and Pakistan, and its summit is one of the most respected and sought after elevations in the climbing community. Everest may be taller and more well-known to the mountaineering layman, but to say K2 is… Continue reading Review: The Summit
Author: Laurie Coker
Review: THE SUMMIT
By Laurie Coker Rating: C+ As a bit of a daredevil myself, I do understand the desires of some people to dare the seemingly impossible, to bungee jump from bridges, to swim oceans, hike across continents and to climb the world’s highest mountains. K-2, located in a remote region between Pakistan and China, has challenged… Continue reading Review: THE SUMMIT
Review: WE ARE WHAT WE ARE
By Laurie Coker Rating: C+ We Are What We Are – the title of Jim Mickel’s bizarre thriller might, on one hand, seem simply a statement of the obvious, but sometimes “what we are” is downright strange. Fortunately for Mickel, I like weird, and in some cases, such as this, works – for the most… Continue reading Review: WE ARE WHAT WE ARE
Review: GRAVITY
By Savannah Wood Grade: A+ I’m not generally one to measure my enjoyment of a film by the number of times I almost had a panic attack, but Gravity brought out the anxiety-masochist in me. It doesn’t help that open space is one of my greatest fears (one which, fortunately, I’ll most likely never have… Continue reading Review: GRAVITY
Review: RUNNER RUNNER
Savannah Wood Grade: C- With a few notable exceptions (Oceans Eleven and Casino Royale, to name a few), gambling films have never held any place of honor in my heart. I’ve heard enough stories about overconfident prodigies scamming their way into the big leagues (and the big bucks) enough times that I feel sated enough… Continue reading Review: RUNNER RUNNER
Review: RUNNER, RUNNER
By Laurie Coker Rating: C- Watching Runner, Runner, I waited for someone or something to run, and it never happened – no characters, no scary animals, no speedy cars and especially not the storyline. Apparently, “runner, runner” is a poker term, or so I learned, but I saw little poker either. Justin Timberlake and Ben… Continue reading Review: RUNNER, RUNNER
Review: GRAVITY
By Laurie Coker Rating: A+ As a claustrophobe, I’ve never fuss over wide-open spaces or high places, but rather, I hyperventilate over elevators and low ceilings – bungie-jumping, no problem, tall buildings, not an issue, the wide- blue underwater realm, love it and space? Until I watched director Alfonso Cuarón’s new film Gravity, starring Sandra… Continue reading Review: GRAVITY
Review: ENOUGH SAID
By Savannah Wood Rating: B Imagine for a moment that it’s breakfast time, and you’re sitting at the table with the love of your life as they eat a bowl of cereal, when all of a sudden you notice that their jaw clicks when they eat. Maybe it doesn’t bother you so much at first,… Continue reading Review: ENOUGH SAID
Review: RUSH
By Laurie Coker Rating: A Formula 1 racing is of no interest to me, but I do enjoy looking at Chris Hemsworth, and his new film Rush caught my eye when I saw a trailer and not just because of Hemsworth. Two-time Academy Award winning director Ron Howard follows up on trailer promises with an… Continue reading Review: RUSH
Review: CLOSED CIRCUIT
By Laurie Coker Rating: D- With all the goings on and debate about surveillance, loss of privacy, terrorism and stolen freedoms, I assumed a film like Closed Circuit might impress me with a crisp thematic connection to current events. Although the film begins well enough, it soon fizzles out into a sputter of predictability and… Continue reading Review: CLOSED CIRCUIT