Aaron Stanford

Cake Eaters
$2.99
If this movie was overlooked at Oscar time we have critics that cannot see beyond their teenage years. Although I was drawn to this gem on the strength of Kristen Stewart's haunting and growing library of solid acting chops to date, enlarged deservedly by "Twilight," her range of work predicts an ascent to the heights of Streep with no reservations. This film is perfectly cast and exquisitely written as it explores the territory of generational love, as well as a Camille-like subplot of Kristen's terminal condition(not the story focus),and still delivers roundhouse performances from all the ensemble cast, particularly Bruce Dern and Elizabeth Ashley, two old studio veterans, that allows them to make up for their lengthy absences from the big screen. I have not seen a film cover such wide ground of emotions in so concise a manner so completely. Every character in this small, independent offering towers in courage before your eyes with fine shadings of flawed humanity and dignity. You will find yourself in this bitter-sweet offering in one of the characters and never forget what was so well unspoken long after each character had their say about the complexities of finding love in time. I can only explain the Oscar robbery as the Mona Lisa effect, cluttering the back room until it gets truly discovered by one with an eye for greatness.

Flakes
$19.95
The premise was interesting and the actors did a respectable job but they were given such poor dialog. When a screen writer resorts to constant use of the F word and obscenities to "punch up" the scene you know that there is a limited to the writer's skills. Too bad this was the case in this movie. I, like others who reviewed this movie, thought that the last half was not as interesting as the first half; I honestly could not wait to get it over. I was glad I only spent a total of $2.99 from Amazon for this movie; 1 cent for the movie and $2.98 for shipping.

By the way the "Not Rated" listing should be an "R Rating". The language was too rough for a PG rating.

The Cake Eaters
$22.98
If this movie was overlooked at Oscar time we have critics that cannot see beyond their teenage years. Although I was drawn to this gem on the strength of Kristen Stewart's haunting and growing library of solid acting chops to date, enlarged deservedly by "Twilight," her range of work predicts an ascent to the heights of Streep with no reservations. This film is perfectly cast and exquisitely written as it explores the territory of generational love, as well as a Camille-like subplot of Kristen's terminal condition(not the story focus),and still delivers roundhouse performances from all the ensemble cast, particularly Bruce Dern and Elizabeth Ashley, two old studio veterans, that allows them to make up for their lengthy absences from the big screen. I have not seen a film cover such wide ground of emotions in so concise a manner so completely. Every character in this small, independent offering towers in courage before your eyes with fine shadings of flawed humanity and dignity. You will find yourself in this bitter-sweet offering in one of the characters and never forget what was so well unspoken long after each character had their say about the complexities of finding love in time. I can only explain the Oscar robbery as the Mona Lisa effect, cluttering the back room until it gets truly discovered by one with an eye for greatness.

Runaway
$24.98
What a great story. I don't want to say too much and ruin the movie for anywone so I will do a longer review in a couple of weeks. If you haven't seen this movie, be the first or somebody else will ruin it for you. This is going to be one of those talked about movies at the watercooler and I've already started telling friends to check it out.

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