http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:06:44 -0700 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:45:21 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d22-DVD-Examination-Star-Trek?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner Second Chance Review:Director J.J. Abrams revitalizes the “Star Trek” franchise with this origin story focusing on the main central storyline of his two big leads: Captain James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and Mr. Spock (Zachary Quinto). Mr. P... Star Trek Movie Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:45:21 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d22-DVD-Examination-Star-Trek?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d30-Nocturnal-love-affair-in-the-courtyard?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner The love affair between an immortal vampire and a human mortal has been a premise of many vampire movies over the age and expanded upon with the ever-growing popularity of the “Twilight” franchise. But instead of having adults playi... Halloween Movies Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:49:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d30-Nocturnal-love-affair-in-the-courtyard?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d22-Les-Diaboliques-provides-classic-horror-ending?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner A horror device that is not often used is the surprise twist that comes within the film or toward the end. Alfred Hitchcock was known from implementing this technique in his films and recent day examples can be found with M. Night Shyamalan. With t... Halloween Movies Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:34:05 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d22-Les-Diaboliques-provides-classic-horror-ending?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d16-Fish-out-of-water-terrorizes-South-Korea?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner  Asian horrors films have been known to be terrifying, especially with Hollywood remaking them to target their Western audiences, but they can also focus on another aspect of horror movies – the B horror films – with the 2006 South... Halloween Movies Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:11:52 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d16-Fish-out-of-water-terrorizes-South-Korea?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d10-Alls-not-well-in-Antarctica?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner John Carpenter's earlier works “Halloween” (1978) and “Escape from New York” (1981) has defined him as a director. The following year he would continue to find success, though not in terms of box-office results, but rather a... Halloween Movies Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:44:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d10-Alls-not-well-in-Antarctica?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d5-Before-they-became-witches-of-Oz?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner Productions of "Wicked" runs through Sunday, October 18, at the Civic Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Intro: Even before Dorothy arrived in Oz, the kingdom was in enough turmoil with the guards in pursuit of the Elpahaba (performed by st... Wicked play Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:46:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d5-Before-they-became-witches-of-Oz?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d4-Welcome-to-Zombieland-States-of-America?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner Whenever the calendar approaches the month of October, viewers will once again have to endure the never-ending saga that has become “Saw” for the last six years. Instead of seeing a film that will follow a predictable, formulaic plotlin... Halloween Movies Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:19:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d4-Welcome-to-Zombieland-States-of-America?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d19-All-hail-Ash-the-man-would-could-have-been-king-but-chose-not-to?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner In the last installment of the “Evil Dead” series, before writer-director Sam Raimi finally gets around to raising  the dormant but never dead franchise, his last film to feature Ash (Bruce Campbell), the demon fighting warrior, ge... Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:41:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d19-All-hail-Ash-the-man-would-could-have-been-king-but-chose-not-to?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d19-Jennfiers-Body-has-the-body-but-lacks-the-mind?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner Instead of being hunted down by intergalactic robots and government agencies, Megan Fox (Jennifer) is being the pursuer of horny, adolescent teenage boys after developing quite an appetite for them. Her feeding ground – a high school – ... Jennifer's Body movie Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:38:52 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d19-Jennfiers-Body-has-the-body-but-lacks-the-mind?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d17-Bruce-Campbell-continues-to-be-tormented-by-the-evil-dead?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner  “Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn” continues with Ash (Bruce Campbell) being tormented by the Candarian spirits that confines him in a cabin, encloses him from society as the demonic  beings try to take over his body. For those who ... Halloween Movies Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:51:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d17-Bruce-Campbell-continues-to-be-tormented-by-the-evil-dead?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m3d14-Sam-Raimi-works-with-the-evil-dead?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner Before becoming synonymous with mainstream audience for directing  the “Spiderman” series, the writer-director Sam Raimi is influenced by his earlier works in horror from his return film “Drag me to Hell”  to deali... Halloween Movies Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:39:33 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d12-Sam-Raimi-works-with-the-evil-dead?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d29-Duplicity-Duo-Roberts-Owen-take-the-lead?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner The business world is a competitive market in which the unveiling of a breakthrough product can simply make or break a company and its competitors. Because of this fear and the desire of becoming the leading industry, they become unethical by steal... Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:13:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d29-Duplicity-Duo-Roberts-Owen-take-the-lead?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d28-Tarantion-Hunts-Takes-on-the-Nazis?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner Quentin Tarantino attempts to rewrite the chapters of history in his planned assassination of the figureheads of the Nazis  with his interpretation of the war genre film in his latest revenge-driven, fantasy movie “Inglourious Basterds.&... Inglourious Basterds movie Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:52:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d28-Tarantion-Hunts-Takes-on-the-Nazis?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d16-The-metamorphosis-of-Wikus-Van-de-Merwe?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner Director Neill Blomkamp couldn’t ask for much more with his first successful screenplay, which he co-wrote the film, and blockbuster science fiction hit movie in which the humans and alien’s differences and intolerance clash in Johannes... District 9 movie Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:52:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d16-The-metamorphosis-of-Wikus-Van-de-Merwe?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d16-The-unforgettable-days-of-summer?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner   The ominous narrator foretells the audience in the beginning of “(500) Days of Summer” that this movie is no love story. So there are no happy endings in which the guy gets the girl in the end from some last-minute heroic or inter... Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:21:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d16-The-unforgettable-days-of-summer?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d15-Desperately-seeking-best-man-all-applicants-considered?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner Finding the right girl and successfully proposing to her is suppose to be the hardest part for the guy on the path to marriage, but for Peter Klaven (Paul Rudd) he has no best man let alone best friend in “I Love you, Man.”Peter’s... Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:49:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d15-Desperately-seeking-best-man-all-applicants-considered?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d11-Flashbacks-continues-the-telling-of-GI-Joe?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner In the not too distance future . . . a high tech battle wages on between the G.I. Joe, an elite American services branch, and Cobra, an organization with the intentions of dispersing the nanomites, robotic microbes that destroys everything in its p... G.I. Joe movie Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:39:19 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d11-Flashbacks-continues-the-telling-of-GI-Joe?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d23-Coraline-a-visual-wonder-in-2D-or-3D?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner ReviewDirector Henry Selick delivers with his adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s children’s book “Coraline” by filming the movie in 2D and 3D using stop-motion animation. It is used effectively to contrast between the dull, dreary,... Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:35:19 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d23-Coraline-a-visual-wonder-in-2D-or-3D?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d19-Depp-keeps-cool-with-Dillinger-but-Public-Enemies-lacks-criminal-excitement?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner The versatility of Johnny Depp’s acting ability can be found in the unique characters that he portrays from an outcast with shears for fingers, swash-buckling pirates or in this case turning his attention to Great Depression era bank robber J... Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:56:34 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d19-Depp-keeps-cool-with-Dillinger-but-Public-Enemies-lacks-criminal-excitement?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d7-When-mammals-met-dinosaurs?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner   Manny the Mammoth (voiced by Ray Romano), Diego the Saber-Toothed Tiger (voiced by Denis Leary) and Sid the Sloth (voiced by John Leguizamo), tackle on the theme of family with the arrival of a new member to the group, the definition of a fam... Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:31:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-3882-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d7-When-mammals-met-dinosaurs?cid=exrss-Des-Moines-Movie-Examiner