Tag Archives: Film

MOVIE REVIEW: Elizabeth – The Golden Age

In Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Cate Blanchett reprises her role as the Virgin Queen, but as the fully realized myth she has created by the conclusion of the previous film. Shekhar Kapur also returns to direct, along with writer Michael Hirst, and cinematographer Remi Aderfarasin, but you wouldn’t recognize that the …

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MOVIE REVIEW: Elizabeth

Still riffing on the historical fiction film podcast by Megan and Kristin, Shekhar Kapur’s Elizabeth (1998) was specifically mentioned in the podcast as one of their favorites. And once again, based on anecdotal evidence from conversations with others, Elizabeth seems to be well-appreciated as a film, especially as a performance by Cate Blanchett. In …

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TV SHOW REVIEW: MTV’s Scream… Hit or Miss?

Some people think MTV is completely wrong for taking on a series based on the famed scary movie series Scream. The original film was released in 1996 and followed along by Scream 2 and 3. Then years later Scream 4 graced our presence as the teenage scare drama started to …

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