Acting: B+
Story: B-
Relevance: B+
Just left the Fargo Theatre is the just released Lorna's Silence, a Belgian offering from Jean Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Lorna's won best screenplay at Cannes and was s 2008 Toronto Film Festival Selection. Pretty impressive credentials.
Before describing the movie, perhaps a little background is in order. Obne way to gain citizenship in, for example, the United States is to marry a US Citizen. There are actually people in the business of arranging such "marriages," often for Russians or other Eastern Europeans, ... Read More
Entertainment: B+
CGI N/A
Susoense: B
Acting: A-
Now showing at the Fargo, Paraormal Activity, is a low budget(I've heard/read $11k and $15k) horror in the same genre as The Blair Witch Project. The only thing is that, stepping out of character, in my opinion, the former is at least 10 times better than the latter.
As a general rule, I don't like "scary" movies for the very simple reason that I don't generally get emotionally involved with the movies. It is,. after all, "only a movie." Supernatural activity also does ... Read More
The next performance of the Fargo Moorhead Opera is Amahl and the NIght Visitors, December 12th and 13th at the Fargo Theatre.
This weekend just past the Fargo Moorhead Opera performed Giacomo Puccini's famous opera La Boheme. There were two performances, on Friday night and Sunday afternoon. I accompanied some college aged friends of mine and viewed and heard the opera in the cheap rush seats, two rows from the back of Festival Hall on the NDSU campus.
I'm not a frequent opera attendee, but I must remark on the contrasts. When I first started attending the Arts in the F-M area in the early ... Read More
Entertainment value: B
Relevance: None at all
Necessity toi suspend disbelief: total.
Army of Darkness is the third in the “Evil Dead” trilogy, began in 1982 with “Evil Dead” by Sam Raimi. There followed “Evil Dead 2,” and then in 1992, the climax, “Army of Darkness.”
Well, it's fall again, time for the Fargo Theatre to start screening their midnight Friday and Saturday cult film classics. Now, I'm not much iof a cult film buff, and midnight is getting a bit late for me(I'm not as young as I once was or wish I still were), fo I don't make many of these. But when I do, it's always a hoot because the audience is usually so into the film and not taking it at all seriously.
This ... Read More
When I say children’s movie, I mean it: I would say the appropriate target ages would be 5 – 10,
Story: B+
Animation: A
Relevance: Good question.
Entertainment value: B+
Released in July and now playing at Century Ten is the animated children's movie Ice Age, Dawn of the Dinosaurs. When I say children's movie, I mean it: I would say the appropriate target ages would be 5 - 10, although one of my companions was 12, and he seemed to enjoy the movie a lot. There is, of course, the usual humor directed at the adults accompanying the kids, but this movie is a little light on that. Nonetheless, I enjoyed ... Read More
Script: B
Acting: B+
Necessity to suspend disbelief: Total, but who cares.
The movie is about four young adult friends, one of which, Doug, played by Justin Bartha is soon to be married. His friends(Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifonakis) decide to haul Doug off to Las Vegas for a super bachelor party the night before the wedding Los Angeles. After a night of who knows what, they wake up in their $4200 a night villa in the sky with Doug missing, a tiger in their bathrooms and assorted other inconsistencies. The movie is about ... Read More
Old Chicago has a nice selection of pizzas in three sizes, both in thin crust and deep dish(Chicago style). The prices are reasonable. Expect to pay about $25 for dinner for two without drinks.
Restaurant: Old Chicago. Located on 45 St S just south of I 94, Old Chicago is a chain restaurant offering primarily Chicago style Italian food. What is Chicago style? The kind that makes cardiologists wince. They have a nice selection of pizzas in three sizes, both in thin crust and deep dish(Chicago style). They also have strombolis and a selection of burgers and sandwiches and melts, including the Classic Italian Melt . There is also a good selection of pasta offerings including the Traditional Meat Lasagna ... Read More
There is a full bar. I found The Speakeasy quite expensive for what we got, the bill being around $70 including a modest amount of alcohol. I hope this F-M icon gets back on its feet soon.
Time was that The Speakeasy in south Moorhead behind the Safari Theater was one of my favorite restaurants in the Fargo Moorhead. They were, about twenty years ago famous for their prime rib. Their anti pasta salad was wonderful and they had many tasty Italian dishes. The wait staff were and are dressed in pseudo suits with fedora hats apparently supposed to suggest the Capone era. There is a car from that era in the lobby: it used to be right by the entrance so the ... Read More
Script: B+
Action: A
Special Effects: B+
Relevancy: B+
Necessity to Suspend Disbelief: Absolute but easy.
Finally, we have some of the usual summer blockbusters showing at our local movie theaters. The first to appear is District 9, showing at the West Acres Cinema. I was lucky enough to see it on the extreme screen, a definite plus for this movie.
It won't be giving much away to say the movie is about 1.8 million aliens that inexplicably appear over Johannesburg, South Africa, in a giant space ship. Now, science fiction is not usually my bag, and to ... Read More
I’m not particularly impressed with their salad bar(I’m not sure that from what I’ ve read in various consumer magazines that eating from restaurant salad bars is a good idea anyway),
Before the closing of the Royal Trough - er - Fork, a new all you can eat chain had opened in Fargo, called the Golden Trough - er - Corral. It's located just west of Gander Mountain, east of 45th St and south of I-94. If the two events(the closing and opening) are connected, it's easy to see why.
The Golden Corral offers a tremendous variety of well prepared dishes, and the served portions are not skimpy. They have every part of the ... Read More
