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Curtis’ View From the Back Row: Up in the Air

I’ll admit it right up front-  This was one of my most anticipated films of the year and not just because America’s best “movie star” actor, George Clooney, is working at the very top of […]

Posted in: Culture & Style, Images, Movies 15 years ago 1

Curtis’ View From the Back Row: Fantastic Mr. Fox

Wes Anderson is a director with a quirky world view.  When Rushmore debuted in 1996 with its quirky attitude on character, dialogue and story, it felt like a witty breath of fresh air.  But, with […]

Posted in: Animals, Culture & Style, Movies 15 years ago 1

Curtis’ View From the Back Row: The Road

I really was feeling too happy after Thanksgiving.  I needed something to knock me down a peg or two, something to remind me of the relentless hopelessness of the Great Recession, the inert Health Care […]

Posted in: Culture & Style, Images, Movies 15 years ago 3

Curtis’ View From the Back Row: The Twilight Saga: New Moon

They’re back.  Last year’s most bloodless and sexless vampires have returned to the screen in part two of the Twilight franchise. By now you have to be living under a rock to not know about […]

Posted in: Culture & Style, Images, Movies 15 years ago 12

Curtis’ View From the Back Row: Precious Based on the Novel ”Push” by Sapphire

The power of Oprah compels you.  Resistance is definitely futile. Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire is, in case you have been living under a rock, the Oprah certified, Tyler Perry approved (and […]

Posted in: Images, Movies 15 years ago 2

Curtis’ View From the Back Row: 2012

I have to confess something right up front.  I’m a disaster film junkie. When I was a little boy back in the 1970’s during what I consider the golden age of the disaster film I […]

Posted in: Images, Movies 15 years ago 16