Friday, March 25, 2011

POA Interviews Haircare Visionary Vidal Sassoon

By: Lacey BaumanMany of us dream to become successful. Nowadays with the help of a video camera and the internet, it isn't that hard to do. But what if you grew up without the help of technology? Or without money Or during the midst of a world war? What if all you had was a pair of scissors? Vidal Sassoon is a legendary hairdresser known world wide. You can't walk down a shampoo aisle without seeing his hair products resting on the shelves. His documentary, "Vidal Sassoon: The Movie" is nothing but inspirational. Growing up in an orhpanage during...

POA reviews: Vidal Sassoon: The Movie

By: Rachel Piece“Vidal Sassoon: The Movie” is the well told story of how Vidal Sassoon “changed the world with a pair of scissors.” He completely revolutionized the way women think of their hair. In doing so he contributed to the style revolution of the 60’s. The movie, composed of interviews with Vidal, his friends, family and collaborators, traces his story from a Jewish London Orphanage, to an apprenticeship with Adolph Cohen, to his success...

POA reviews: Win Win

By: Paul MeekinI really liked Win Win a lot. It tells the story of Mike, who becomes the legal guardian of Leo a senile old man. A couple of days later, his grandson shows up and through circumstance ends up living with Mike and his wife, Jackie. From there the story features bonding and the typical lines about betrayed trust. It's moving without being schmaltzy, it's funny without telling jokes, and the characters have definite chemistry. These...

POA reviews HappyThankYouMorePlease

By: Aida
If you want to make the most of the fresh start this spring has to offer. Then go to see “HAPPYTHANKYOUMOREPLEASE.” It’s warm, young and as promising as the spring. It’s also a promising debut of the actor Josh Radnor as a writer and director. The movie was first shown at the Sundance Film Festival in January of 2010 and won the audience award for favorite US drama. What I loved about the movie is that it has three independent stories....

Thursday, March 24, 2011

POA reviews: Battle: Los Angeles

By: Chelsea Hancock Battle Los Angeles is everything I was hoping it would be! It was cheesy, it was thrilling, it was overly dramatic, and it is so worth the price of admission! And the best part is that Los Angeles was destroyed. At least now they don’t have to worry about forest fires. Anyways, if you like world ending action movies where all hope seems lost and aliens have crazy lasers that burn faces off and alien dissections and Aaron Eckhart’s...

POA reviews Take Me Home Tonight

By: Chelsea HancockTake Me Home Tonight takes place in the 1980s about an MIT college grad, Matt Franklin played by Topher Grace chasing his dream girl Tori Frederking. Matt’s night climaxes when his best friend steals a car, his twin sister gets engaged to a douche and he finally sleeps with his dream girl in a charming scene taking place on a trampoline. I could see what the production was attempting to do; create a John Hughes type of movie with...

Monday, March 21, 2011

The Adjustment Bureau - Alternate Take

An Alternate Take on: The Adjustment BureauBy: Paul MeekinThey've shuffled the release date of The Adjustment Bureau as many times as they have, probably to avoid comparisons with Christopher Nolan's self-important masterpiece “Inception”. While they're both mind bending supernatural / sci-fi flicks, and “Inception” is epic in every sense, “The Adjustment Bureau” turns out to be far more fun.Matt Damon is David Morris, a from-the-mean streets politician who meets Emily Blunt's Elise on the eve of Damon's first political defeat, and her candor and...

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