VINTAGE REVIEW: Casablanca

To anyone who will listen, I preach the greatest love and respect of Casablanca, the 1943 Oscar winner for Best Picture from director Michael Curtiz.  You might be able to name singular instances, throughout the vast history of cinema, of better ensemble acting, better war-time intrigue, better left-field star turns, better broken hearts, better dialogue, and better romance.  You might.  However, I challenge and dare you to find a better movie in Hollywood history that has all of those qualities working together at once.  Because of the successful combination of so many outstanding qualities, Casablanca is a perfect movie to me.

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MOVIE REVIEW: 21 Jump Street

Let's face it.  Genitalia jokes and people on drugs are funny.  Cringing over homophobia and stereotypes is funny.  Elaborate profanity delivered by Ice Cube's angry demeanor and Jonah Hill's constant state of nervous fluster are always going to be hilarious.  21 Jump Street puts all of those charged ingredients together better than Paula Dean combines carbohydrates and cholesterol. 

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