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The Fighter (review)

2012-08-02T18:21:47Z

Director:David O. Russell
Writers: Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson
Release Date: December 17, 2010 (USA)
Rated: R for language, drug content, some violence and sexuality
Runtime: 116 minutes
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, and Melissa Leo
Tagline: Every dream deserves a fighting chance.

The Fighter

Take it all the best ingredients of 80âs boxing movies, throw in a struggling Irish boxer and crackhead brother living in the impoverished slum of Lowell, Massachusetts and you have The Fighter. Directed by David O. Russell, The Fighter is based on the life of retired professional boxer Mickey Ward on his quest to become the WBU boxing champion. âMarkyâ Mark Wahlberg plays â…

Countdown to Zero (review)

2012-07-27T19:33:08Z

"The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us" â John F. Kennedy

Countdown to Zero is the 2010 documentary directed by Lucy Walker. The film serves as a case for nuclear disarmament, pointing out the rising threat of a nuclear weapon being used. The film features interviews with some of the biggest hitters of the nuclear industry and includes many well-known politicians as well as experts in the field. Some of the big-names include Jimmy Carter, Mikhail Gorbachev, Tony Blair, and Robert McNamara, to name a few.

The organization of the film is built around John F. Kennedyâs famous address to the United Nations. The titles for each section are superimposed from text from Kennedyâs actual speech; itâs an innovative way to introduce the viewer into each new section.

The film makes good use of archival footage, especially at the beginning of the film. The first few minutes employ an eerie voiceover from…

November 23, 2011 (log)

2011-11-23T22:45:45Z

There are 57 users online at the time of this writing. 57. That's the most I've ever seen online in all my time I've been here (which is relatively short, mind you). This tells me two things:

1. We are not dead yet, and
2. People still care about E2.

I've been concerned about E2 for quite a while now. This site means a lot to me. I'm afraid of it dying--either by slowly fading out or one giant server crash. When I logged on this morning to find E2 down, I saw a message that told me not to worry--that my writeups are safe. But I wasn't worried about my writeups, I was worried about losing touch with the members of this site.

In recent weeks we've been going through a lot of turbulence. I thought E2's member-base would weaken because of it, but it hasn't, in fact, it's only grown stronger. This gives me hope concerning the future of this site.

That being said, I agree whole-heatedly with what Jet-Poop said here. I know…

Silence followed the explosion and left the streets lifeless and desolate (fiction)

2011-11-15T22:48:22Z

I remember where I was on the morning of April the 3rd: walking down 9th street in Omaha with both hands in my pockets noticing the blonde girl in the white sundress and clonche hat with the I'm-way-out-of-your-league look written all over her shiny face and the man across the way in the typical white-collar suit and tie holding a briefcase and shouting into a cell phone and the hot-dog vendor on the sidewalk that sold the best franks you could get on this side of town for only two dollars and of course the old lady walking her dachshund while not adhering to the green guy on the crosswalk sign and almost causing a head-on collision with the incoming lanes.

One second I'm looking down the street, ready to hail an incoming cab, and the next, I'm lying facedown covered in hot, molten steel and concrete rubble.

The blast hit me from behind--knocked me off my feet--sent me flying into a parked…

The Rum Diary (review)

2011-11-12T14:34:29Z

Director: Bruce Robinson
Writers: Bruce Robinson (screenplay), Hunter S. Thompson (novel)
Release Date: October 28, 2011 (USA)
Rated: R for nudity, brief drug use, and graphic violence
Runtime: 120 minutes
Cast: Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli, Amber Heard, Richard Jenkins, and Giovanni Ribisi

The Rum Diary is the 2011 movie based upon Hunter S. Thompsonâs early novel that didn't end up being published until 1998. Thompson wrote Rum Diary while living in Puerto Rico and based it upon his experiences working for a local press, the San Juan Star. This film marks Bruce Robinsonâs first return to directing since the ill-fated Jennifer 8 released in 1992.

Johnny Depp and Hunter S. Thompson team up for a second time in Rum Diaryâonly this…

The Danish Poet (review)

2011-10-26T18:14:59Z

The Danish Poet (or Den danske dikteren in Norway) is an animated short film released in 2006. It was written, animated, and directed by the Canadian filmmaker Torill Kove. The film was highly revered, winning both the Academy Award and Genie Award for best animated short film. The film follows a Danish poet named Kasper who travels to Norway to meet his favorite author and along the way falls in love with the daughter of a local farmer.

The story is the retelling of the classic romantic tragedy: a heartfelt man in love with a woman married to another man. The story, which has been told countless times over, still retains its potency. The film switches between lighthearted and dramatic scenes before ultimately concluding with an expectedly happy ending. It unmercifully tugs at your heartstrings and then eases the tension through cheerful little bits of clever comedy. The story plays out much like a fairy tale and demonstrates a keen, childlike sense of…