Sunday, March 29, 2009

Watchmen

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I have never read the graphic novel Watchmen . I've read some stuff about it and a number of reviews of the film which criticized either...
Monday, March 23, 2009

Wendy and Lucy

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Editor's note: To all my fans (ahh who am I kidding) to all my friends who feel semi-obligated to check and my family who feels fully ob...
Sunday, March 01, 2009

A Christmas Tale

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Family drama is a tried and true formula for a movie. It goes as far back as ancient tragedy if not further. Sometimes its done terribly, so...

The Wrestler

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Randy "The Ram" Robinson (Mickey Rourke) was once a hugely popular and successful wrestler. The Hulk Hogan or Ric Flair of his day...
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Friends

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( Fair warning, this is a spoiler filled post and if you don't want plot points revealed go see the film before you read ) Nothing was m...

Doubt

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Set in the early 60s, Doubt takes place at a Catholic school which has one black student. The parish priest is likable and friendly Father F...

The Visitor

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Walter (Richard Jenkins) is an economic professor at a school in Connecticut. He is a widower, who has been trying to learn the piano to hel...
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Before Sunrise

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Can't they just say what they mean? Can you? Language, after all, is not just about points and meanings. It is a medium of communication...
Thursday, January 22, 2009

Academy Awards

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I was going to write some elaborate piece about the nominations but for the most part everyone saw all these coming and I haven't seen o...

Last Chance Harvey

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A few days before I saw Last Chance Harvey with fellow movie snob CinemaRomantico, we joked that in fact the film only pretended to be a ro...

Gran Torino

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An aging Korean War vet named Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood), whose wife has recently died, lives in an increasingly run down and low income...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Best Performance of the Year

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I'm almost 100% sure that the best performance of the year will not only not be recognized this year but won't even be nominated. Me...
Monday, December 29, 2008

Mission Accomplished

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On this the 29th day of December, 2008, I am here to report that last night I watched my 100th film in the theater and have no accomplished ...
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Thursday, December 11, 2008

Let the Right One In

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To say that Let the Right One In is one of the best vampire movies I have ever seen probably doesn't distinguish it that much. I mean t...
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008

An Affair to Remember

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Each year as a supposed "treat" to the countless supporters of a certain local indie theater, the show a couple of films for free....
Saturday, December 06, 2008

The Best...so far

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I can't say with any certainty that this list won't change. Since there are any number of movies I yet want to see before the end of...
Thursday, December 04, 2008

Waiting it out

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Patience is a virtue I'm pretty sure I don't have. My hands are shaking from the desire to complete the final six movies of my long ...
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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...