David Eberhoff's celebrated 2000 novel The Danish Girl has belatedly been made into a motion picture and the result is both right of the moment and too-late. Eberhoff created a fictional narrative for the true life story of Einar/Lili Elbe, the first transgender male to undergo a sex change operation. Elbe's wife Gerda was initially amused and inspired by her husband's gradual … [Read more...] about THE DANISH GIRL Special Bonus New Movie Review
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New Movie Review: Jupiter Ascending’s only hope is as a cult movie
It was the jacket that pushed me over the edge. Sure, I had a silly, bemused grin on my face for the first half of Jupiter Ascending, but I kept from laughing outright as long as I could. At least, until I saw that jacket. The set-up alone is a stitch: Mila Kunis plays Jupiter Jones, an orphan raised by Russian immigrants who cleans toilets but holds the key to Earth's … [Read more...] about New Movie Review: Jupiter Ascending’s only hope is as a cult movie
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING New Movie Review
I first read Stephen W. Hawking's A Brief History of Time when I was in the fifth grade. During a sleepover at a friend's house, I discovered my classmate was obsessed with it and quoted it daily. It was also the first time I became aware that I had friends with intellectual capacities far greater than my own. So, for Christmas, I asked my dad to buy me the Hawking book, simply … [Read more...] about THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING New Movie Review