Darren Aronofsky

The movie has been on my mind ever since I saw it in the theatre, in the middle of a brutal breakup. I know the story is meant to be about mother earth and how we abuse her, but this is also very much a story about how it feels to love a malignant narcissist, and have everyone around them fooled into thinking they are perfect. This movie feels like the inside of my head has felt, more than once. It is a terrible anxious nightmare and an emotionally authentic retelling of waking horrors.

Monster Club is such a fun read! Taking place in Coney Island, this is an action packed story about a boy and his friends that have a role playing game they created called Monster Club where they battle their monster creations against each other. When the main character Doodles (aka Eric) happens upon magic ink that brings drawings to life, his creature Brickman and the other monsters are soon REAL! When the bully of the school gets his hands on the marker, he creates multiple enemy monsters show more and total mayhem ensues. It's up to Doodles and his friends to save Coney Island from the monster destruction! This was full of action but also had a lot of depth in relation to friendships, ancestors and divorce. show less

Third-rate Hitchcock. Second-rate DePalma.

Thoroughly unpleasant from beginning to end despite good performances. Seen through the eyes of the lead character, Portman's ballerina, the world is a really awful place and the people in it little short of monsters. The director must have watched The Red Shoes one too many times--or perhaps one time too few. The only art in this film is that lent it by Tchaikovsky's wonderful music.

I truly hated this movie. First, the plot is completely unoriginal show more and predicable--but not enjoyable--just sordid, which I usually enjoy, but there is just nothing here to offset it. We are just watching the tragedy in progress, which no number of good performances--Kunis, at least--can rescue. show less

A professional wrestler is broke and too old.

Crazy good acting from Rourke. It's hard to say what I don't like about the story. I want to say it's too slow, but I was never bored; it just... stands still a lot, with a character you expect and want to be Making Things Happen.