Sunday, September 30, 2007

Resident Evil: Extinction

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There was something genuinely fun about the first Resident Evil movie. Paul W.S. Anderson was at the helm and doing what he does best make r...
Saturday, September 29, 2007

Good Luck Chuck

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I hate Dane Cook. I don't think he is funny. Jessica Alba has no talent save her beauty (well maybe that isn't true but she certainl...

Eastern Promises

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After a teenage girl is brought to the hospital and dies giving birth to a child, the hospital midwife Anna (Naomi Watts) taking into her po...

The Kingdom

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Peter Berg is an odd duck to say the least. Just take a glance at his films and you will see that he directs films all over the map. Very Ba...
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Thursday, September 20, 2007

Movie Idiot walks through a guide to the movies.

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Usually every year I grab a copy of the Fall movie preview published by Entertainment Weekly. Sadly this year I missed my opportunity. But n...
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The Brave One

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Get to know me even a little and you will figure out pretty quickly that I’ll pretty much see any movie. I’ll go see a movie I don’t expect ...
Thursday, August 30, 2007

War

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Of all the movies I thought that I would be seeing when I went to see War , the one I got was a bit of a surprise. If you've seen the tr...
Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Nannies, teen comedies and buddy cop movies

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I'm always disappointed when I see a movie and it doesn't inspire me to write something. Bad movies make me want to rant, good movie...
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Monday, August 27, 2007

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy

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All summer long the fantastic independent theater here in Durham was closed for renovations. This is the theater that permitted me to see Al...
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Monday, August 13, 2007

Stardust

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In any given year I see a great deal of movies. I have averaged about 75 movies in the theater for several years now. In addition I rent man...
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Becoming Jane

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As a fan of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (both the book and the most recent adaptation into a movie), I held low key hopes for the...
Friday, August 10, 2007

A War You Won't Believe

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No this is not a rant about Iraq. This is a review of 1982 classic Sly vehicle First Blood . Some might question how in good conscience I co...

An Academy Runner-Up

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In 1970 at the Academy Awards Midnight Cowboy took home the award for best picture. It has been a while since I've seen that film but m...
Thursday, August 09, 2007

Coming Soon

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I was starring at my tv watching some mindless show last night and as I glanced to either side of my tv at my beloved dvd collection I reali...

Sunshine

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Sometimes it can be hard to remember that Science Fiction as a genre can be well done or at least not terribly done. You get caught up in th...

Hot Rod

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If you ever wondered why does the movie idiot go to see movies he knows he will hate? You are not alone. I've wondered this for years. T...

Bourne Ultimatum

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Bourne Ultimatum is now up at Cinematic Arena .
Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Transformers

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I'm not going to sit here and try to come up with some elaborate justification of why Transformers is a good movie. In fact, I'll d...
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New Cinematic Arena Up

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Live Free Or Die Hard is now up at Cinematic Arena .
Wednesday, June 27, 2007

1408

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1408 is the latest victim of the tete-a-tete that is Cinematic Arena for your reading pleasure.