Reviews

The Crucible is one of the most ridiculous movies that I have ever had the pleasure to watch. The play - that is worth watching. All that Daniel Day Lewis and Wynona Rider succeed in doing is giving me a pretty good reason why you should not cheat on your wife, because an angry she-b**** from hell will turn everyone in the town into raving lunatics. The relevance of the movie falls flat in our time period, because we no longer fear communism, and witch hunts are, hopefully, reserved to a long ago past in our history. This movie bears little resemblance to actual history, and it must be remembered that Rider's character was actually about 11 at the time, a bit too young to go philandering about with good ole John Proctor, who was about 60. If you keep that in mind, the rest of this grossly inaccurate movie will reveal itself to you, hopefully making it as hard to watch as it was for me.

"Secretary" is everything I have ever wanted in a film: romance, humor, drama, and kinky sex! The incredible chemistry between an amazing Maggie Gyllenhaal and a repressed yet fierce James Spader is what makes this movie work so well, and the tender depths to which their relationship is portrayed makes it so much more than just a film about sadomasochism. I felt that the main theme of the film was to show that people have pain, and it is only when you accept that pain that you are able to feel your emotions fully, therefore making your life much more livable. This movie was a bit quirky, and might not be for everyone. However, I would recommend it to anyone with an open mind. "Secretary" is by far my favorite film of the year.