Reading Project, Unit 2

Cinematographic Perspectives


 
  1. Film reviews on "Addicted to Love":  Read the reviews to discover the comedy about the dark side of obsession.

    2.    Austin Chronicle
       Anchorage Press
       Film.com: "Cruel and Unusual Punishment" by Tom Keogh
       New York Times
       San Francisco Examiner
       San Francisco Chronicle
     
  2. Film reviews on "The Wings of the Dove":  Read the following five film reviews and find out how love gets corrupted by infatuation.

    3.     Boston Review--Alan Stone: Henry James at the Movies
        FILMINK--Wings of the Dove, The
        The MOVIE pages--The Wings of the Dove
        Doing James Proud by John Hartl
        Naked Emotions by Tom Keogh
     
  3. Film reviews on "Fatal Attraction": Discover how extramarital affairs can jeopardize a family--even one's life. 

    4.     Fatal Attraction (1987), A Movie Review
        FATAL ATTRACTION
        JoBlo reviews the movie "Fatal Attraction"
        Review for Fatal Attraction (1987)
        'Fatal Attraction' (R)
     
  4. Film reviews on "Sleeping with the Enemy" and "My Best Friend's Wedding":  See how and obsessed husband tracks down his run-away wife in "Sleeping with the Enemy". In "My Best Friend's Wedding," Julia Roberts changes her role of a victim into an obsessed lover.

    5.     Washington Post--Desson Howe: Sleeping with the Enemy
        Washington Post--Rita Kempley: Sleeping with the Enemy
        Chicago Sun-Times: Sleeping with the Enemy
        Austine Chronicle .06-20-97
        Anchorage Press
        Box Office Magazine
     
  5. Film Reviews on "House of Cards":  See how a child mourns for her father's death.

    6.     Film.com: "Acting balances 'House of Cards'" by John Hartl
        Chicago SunTimes
        Washington Post: Desson Howe's Review
        Washington Post: Rita Kempley's Review
        James Berardineli's ReelView
Other Links
  • "The Misery": A movie about the love-hate relationship developed between the
  •  capter and the captive.
          EUFS: Misery
          Film.com Movie Reviews
          Chicago Sun-Times: MISERY
          Washington Post: Misery' (R)
          Review for Misery (1990)
  • "When Harry Met Sally":  A movie discussing how love starts from friendship.
         Washington Post: Rita Kempley's Review
         Crazy for Cinema
         The Greatest Films
         Chicago SunTimes