Movie Idiot

We went seeking greatness in movies, and were most often disappointed. We waited for a movie like the one we wanted to make, and secretly wanted to live. -Roger Ebert paraphrasing a quote from Masculin Feminin

Monday, May 25, 2009

Terminator: Salvation

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So the year is 2018 and humanity has been routed by SkyNet and its plethora of machines. A resistance exists led by a group of secretive guy...
Sunday, May 17, 2009

The Soloist

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The Soloist is the latest film from director Joe Wright ( Pride and Prejudice and Atonement ). It is based on the true story of a homeless...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Star Trek

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The blockbuster movie summer season is upon us and requests (I assume insincere) have been made that my annoying voice be heard. I haven...
Saturday, April 25, 2009

Crank: High Voltage

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I've serious addiction problems when it comes to movies. If I go to long without seeing one in the theater, I'll see just about anyt...
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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...
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Rory Larry
I study the economic history of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds in my daytime commitments. Thus the desire to sneak away to the world of cinema.
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