‘Brave’ is beautiful, funny, empowering … but a little meh
Rebellious Rating: You know how when you watch Paul Konerko bat, you kind of want him to hit a home run every tim…
Movies
Prometheus: Better than your average summer blockbuster
"Prometheus" stands somewhere at the border between the kind of science fiction that uses a fantastical construct to ask…
‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ is goofy but beautiful
“Snow White and the Huntsman” is not good, exactly, but it’s not terrible. The movie, ambitious and prosaic by turns, be…
‘The Avengers’ delivers punch of Whedon-y fun
This may sound like an insult, but “The Avengers” is about as good as it could reasonably be expected to be. It’s a big …
‘The Five-Year Engagement’ is a rom-com that gets it right
“The Five Year Engagement” is that rare romantic comedy where the characters actually seem like real people. They make d…
‘Damsels in Distress’ gives it the ol’ college try with mixed results
“Damsels in Distress” takes place in a world that doesn’t much resemble this one. Its college-age characters wear ol…
‘Cabin in the Woods’ Is/Isn’t What You Think
“Cabin in the Woods” is a movie that is a little difficult to review, because once you really get into the details, you’…
‘Mirror Mirror’ a Kitschy Take on ‘Snow White’
Rebellious Rating: "Mirror Mirror" is the first of two Snow White film adaptations heading to theaters this spr…
Rebellious at the Movies: ‘The Hunger Games’ A Winning Adaptation
Film adaptations of books are funny things. Sometimes all you can see is what got left out, but sometimes seeing som…
