Saturday, February 25, 2006

Three Burials

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The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada (2005) tells an interesting story of friendship. The film starts with the discovery of a dead body...

Capote

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Capote (2005) was very well made. We get to follow Truman Capote (Philip Seymour Hoffman) throughout his writing of his book "In Cold...

Dumb Movie

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I saw on a tv ad that Date Movie (2006) was by two of the six writers of Scary Movie (2000). I guess that should have warned me, but Scar...

Petronius Eat Your Heart Out

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What can one say about Fellini's Satyricon (1969). It's crazy. Which I think is what one would expect from something that is ...

Mean Creek

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Mean Creek (2004) seems like its going to be a movie about bullies and it is to an extent. When a group of kids decide to play a prank on ...
Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Just Like Heaven

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One of my many guilty pleasures is romantic comedies. They are frivolous and always end on the upbeat of love. No matter what happens you ...

In Her Shoes

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I don't have sisters nor am I a woman. So from the start I'm at a disadvantage in understanding the premise of In Her Shoes (2005)...

Junebug

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Junebug (2005) is pleasant. Amy Adams carries every scene she is in and lights up the screen. She is amazing to watch as the perky, pregn...

Chumbscrubber

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What can one say about The Chumbscrubber (2005)? It is a bizarre film dependent on a premise of the suburbs are not perfect. There is a w...

Transamerica

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Transamerica (2005) was not the movie I expected it to be. I'm not sure what I expected it to be, but certainly not the movie I saw. ...
Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Mrs. Henderson Presents

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Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005) was mostly charming with strong (as usual) performances by both Bob Hoskins and Judi Dench. It was frivolou...

Where Was Tony Todd?

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When it comes to the movies in the Final Destination franchise one expects three things: 1) A spectacular opening death sequence 2) Interes...
Saturday, February 11, 2006

Freaked

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It can be hard to objectively review a film you have seen many times and liked. Freaked (1993) is to put it lightly a very bizarre movie. ...

Thumbsucker

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Thumbsucker (2005) is a bizarre film about addiction. Actually, it is an fairly uplifting film about addiction. It might seem like an odd...
Monday, February 06, 2006

The Matador

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Pierce Brosnan has played the suave, cool ladies man many times. He was of course James Bond, until they moved on to Daniel Craig. As that...

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

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Martin Scorsese is an American treasure. He finds away to tell interesting stories everytime he goes to the directors chair. Often he aims...
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Friday, February 03, 2006

Looking for Comedy, Finding Me Laughing

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Looking For Comedy In The Muslim World (1995) is funny. I wasn't expecting to laugh outloud as much as I did. From the absurd plot to...

Ballad Of Jack And Rose

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The Ballad Of Jack And Rose (2005) is a very peculiar movie. It follows the characters of Jack, a dying, disillusioned idealist and his da...
Tuesday, January 31, 2006

A Woody Miss

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Having recently seen the excellent Match Point (2005), I've restarted my attempt to see the Woody Allen corpus. Unfortunately the firs...
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Oscar Nominations!!

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Okay, that might have been a bit too excited. But still, love them or hate them, the nominations are in, which means in less than two month...