Back to the Future: A film review

 - Vancouver, British Columbia - As a child, I was interested in the concept of time travel, yet for whatever reason, I never found the film Back to the Future particularly engaging or interesting. I think it may have had something to do with it not living up to my fantasies of what I would do with time travel, as well as the fact that in the film, they do not go that far back in time, so it left my imagination demanding more. Despite my previous prejudice towards the film, to say that the film enjoys cult status is putting it lightly. Back to the Future retains a special place in the minds of my generation as far as what the movies were meant to be. A special nostalgia surrounds the film, and quite honestly, I wasn't all that much in favour of the adoration that people had for it. Nevertheless, I had the opportunity to re-watch the film, so I decided to try to give it a fresh review.

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Despicable Me: A film review

 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Last year we saw the success of a humble little film called Despicable Me, which was released by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment. This was their attempt at breaking into the animation market which is booming today, but mostly dominated by Dreamworks and Pixar. This film, however, was a very successful attempt making $251 million, easily making a healthy profit over its $69 million budget. It even became the 9th highest grossing movie of 2010 just over Dreamworks' How to Train Your Dragon. In a lot of ways, I am quite happy that some other contenders are entering the battle for animation supremacy. However, after watching it, I have to admit I'm puzzled by its success.

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