By Chase Bayless ’15 THE ROUNDUP “Zero Dark Thirty”- Starring: Jessica Chastain and Jason Clarke 9.5 out of 10 For more than a decade the immensely feared Osama Bin Laden, leader of the Al-Qaeda terrorist group, was labeled as one of the most wanted men in the world’s history. Being the alleged ringleader of the […]
By Jack Macias ’14 THE ROUNDUP “Django Unchained”- Starring Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christoph Waltz and Samuel L. Jackson 8.5 out 10 Directed by Quentin Tarantino, who is notorious for creating controversial and cult-classic movies such as “Pulp Fiction”, “Django Unchained” (pronounced Jango) keeps viewers shocked and laughing. The Spaghetti-Western is an “R” rated action […]
By Charles Louis Dominguez ’14 THE ROUNDUP 5.5 out of 10 With the exception of the jazz themes from Marlon Brando’s “The Wild One,” I have never enjoyed a movie soundtrack. While I’ve never doubted the importance of music in helping to set the tone of a film, it’s very rare that a song selection […]
By Jackson Santy ’13 THE ROUNDUP “Skyfall”—Starring: Daniel Craig and Javier Bardem 9.5 out of 10 Mr. Bond has in fact returned, and what a return he has made. After 50 years of brilliant franchise productions from Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan, Timothy Dalton and those three other guys that nobody remembers, newest James […]
By Brett A. Mejia ’13 THE ROUNDUP 8 out of 10 What happens when you put Rambo, the Terminator, John McClane and the Transporter into one movie? The answer: an explosive action packed lead filled movie called “The Expendables 2”. Directed by Simon West, “The Expendables” shows how a group of action stars can mesh […]
By Brett A. Mejia ’13 THE ROUNDUP “Wrath of the Titans”—Starring Sam Worthington & Liam Neeson 5 out of 10 Out in theaters March 30, “Wrath of the Titans” has grossed over $71.3 million in just three weeks. Perseus, son of Zeus, must go to the underworld and back to save his father and defeat […]
Well, this is it.
As I prepare to leave Brophy behind me, I must also say goodbye to the “A Man and His Movies” column, a column that I hope continues on as the official place for movie news, commentary and reviews in The Roundup.
The Oscars are long done and the victor has been chosen.
According to Hollywood, the best film of 2009 was “The Hurt Locker,” a gritty war film about a man who disarms bombs for a living in modern day Iraq.
Going into the Oscars, it looked as if the only other film to beat it would be
“Avatar,” a sci-fi movie about a paraplegic ex-marine who travels to a faraway planet named Pandora in the distant future.