Sunday, November 30, 2008

Running Tally - Part 11

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November was kind of a crummy month in general but in terms of movie seeing, it was pretty productive. I added 9 to the tally which brings m...
Saturday, November 29, 2008

JCVD

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The shear number of Jean Claude Van Damme movies I saw in my formative years is in retrospect embarrassing. Not just that I watched them (so...
Thursday, November 27, 2008

Transporter 3

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I really like Jason Statham as an actor. He had great performances in Guy Ritchie's first two films, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Hallelujah!!

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Charlie Kaufman, I'm pretty sure is getting more and more insane with each new work. And with each new work I am more and more impressed...
Saturday, November 15, 2008

Quantum of Solace

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Picking up shortly after the end of Casino Royale , we find James Bond (Daniel Craig) being chased by some bad guys. He eventually eludes th...
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Monday, November 10, 2008

Trying to stay calm

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I'm really not trying to put the cart before the horse here but a moment of perspective is needed. Back in 2006 when I started keeping a...

What Just Happened

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Ben (Robert DeNiro) is one of Hollywood's 30 most powerful producers (so he tells us personally) and the movie starts with him at a test...

Zack and Miri Make A Porno

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Zack (Seth Rogen) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks) have been friends for a long time. They now live from paycheck to paycheck together in a small ...
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Saturday, November 08, 2008

Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist

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As per Cinema Romantico 's request, I'll try to elucidate my hatred of the recent film Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist . This...
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RocknRolla

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Guy Ritchie has had a bizarre career in directing. His first film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels still stands as his best entry in the...
Sunday, November 02, 2008

Rachel Getting Married

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If, as my friend and fellow blogger CinemaRomantico says, Rachel Getting Married is the best film of the year then that is a really sad st...

Running Tally - Part 10

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Despite not really posting at all in the month of October, I did actually manage to see a few films. My lack of posting has probably thrille...
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Running Tally - Part 9

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I know you fervent readers have been wondering where the tally for September was. Or you know the exact opposite of that. Well another month...

Wojaczek

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I never quite realized how amazingly hard it is to write objectively about a film when the director is in attendance and afterwards takes qu...
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Transsiberian

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Brad Anderson directed a surprisingly good horror film a couple of years back called Session 9 , a film I thank Wretched Genius for recomme...

The Edge of Heaven

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Faith Akin's film on Turkish Muslims living in Germany and in Turkey is engaging and interesting from its opening to its close. It follo...

Clando

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Clando starts in Cameroon. Serious economic problems in the country have led many to find work by being non authorized taxi drivers called ...
Saturday, September 20, 2008

Angelus

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Taking a cue from my recent trip to Poland and the fact that my cousin is now happily married to a nice young Polish woman, I decided recent...
Friday, September 19, 2008

Ranting

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As I continue to view and explore those canonical films of the past I've come to the following conclusions: 1) I wish I had been born fo...
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Saturday, September 13, 2008

Haxan

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Sweet maria. What the hell did I just watch? Attempting to equate witchcraft of the past with modern day psychological disorders but via a c...