“Nostalgia is denial – denial of the painful present… the name for this denial is golden age thinking – the erroneous notion that a different time period is better than the one ones living in – its a flaw in the romantic imagination of those people who find it difficult to cope with the present.”
#140RVW - 140 character reviews
140 character review: When I started this site that’s all I did – movie reviews that could fit on Twitter. With the exception of a few short blasts, everything since 2014 has been a full-size review, and I've gone back to expand on some of the earlier reviews. If they're here, I haven't updated them yet...
#140RVW: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
“I started out doing what I had to. Once you’ve done what you had to, they’ll never let you do what you want to.”
#140RVW: We Bought A Zoo (2011)
“You don’t want me. I am filled with Scotch and bitterness and impure thoughts.”
#140RVW: Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)
“I just want to say that being chosen as this month’s Miss August is like a compliment I’ll remember for as long as I can. Right now I’m a freshman in my fourth year at UCLA, but my goal is to become a veterinarian, ’cause I love children.”
#140RVW: Hugo (2011)
“My life has taught me one lesson, Hugo Cabret, and not the one I thought it would. Happy endings only happen in the movies.”