Tag: movies
group name: randomreviews
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September 14, 2006 12:38 PM EDT --
The 2005 movie "Brick," written and directed by Rian Johnson) is not opaque, but is also not at all transluscent. Nothing becomes it more than its manner of leaving (in marked contrast to the . . . more
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September 21, 2006 01:56 PM EDT --
"Gwok chaan Ling Ling-chat" (From Beijing with Love, 1994) is the first film that Hong Kong superstar Stephen Chow also directed. It has some funny moments, both in parodying James Bond movies . . . more
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April 24, 2007 09:50 AM EDT --
Used for the "Meet the Robinsons" movie currently in theaters. You get a pair of hornrimmed glasses with polarized lenses that make the images appear to reach out to you.
Although I was . . . more
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September 19, 2006 12:24 PM EDT --
"Incident at Loch Ness " (2004), written and directed by Zak Penn, stars Werner Herzog playing himself, is a deadpan mockumentary (Lochumentary?) with Herzog sounding very much like he does in . . . more
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June 03, 2007 02:38 PM EDT --
Mel Gibson's Apocalypto is a movie which takes place during Central America's Ancient Mayan Civilization.
Jaguar Paw is the main character in the story. He and his village are captured . . . more
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December 30, 2006 07:11 PM EST --
The special effects were great, I loved Jeremy Irons and the costumes were awesome. I thought it was interesting how they traveled light, but still had new clothes to wear, but if you believe . . . more
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November 21, 2007 02:47 PM EST --
It seems to me that this movie is a key to some of what is distinctive to the Hong Kong action movies of the 1980s and 90s. It is the story of the childhood training of seven boys including Jackie Chan, . . . more
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February 23, 2007 03:26 AM EST --
This is the best time to see the Oscar contenders - right before the awards ceremony, before the lines get long. This way I know what the pundits are discussing - I am knowledgeable.
I . . . more
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May 14, 2007 11:13 PM EDT --
A lot more mature - not as much for kids. More angst, more relationships. The action was fast moving. Again it was good vs. evil, but they were not as clear cut - the "evil" . . . more
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May 26, 2007 08:45 PM EDT --
Very sweet - young woman in bad marriage has affair.
The best part for me was Andy Griffith as the old codger who owns the restaurant. He's a bit of a ball buster.
It had gotten good reviews, . . . more
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January 01, 2008 03:11 PM EST --
Happy New Year all!
I know many of these lists have already come out, but here is my top 10 from 2007 - some are arty "Oscar-worthy" and some are just plain awesome. Here you go! . . . more
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April 17, 2007 11:36 AM EDT --
Peter Swanson's Hollywood Sinners is a loopy "Wizard of Oz" where
assorted down-at-heel characters, all of them of questionable virtue,
cross paths in 1930's Hollywood -- specifically . . . more
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June 12, 2007 06:12 AM EDT --
First - I loved it.
The music was from my era - fun snippets of 70s music.
The humor seemed to be more directed to grown ups.
The story was weak, but still fun.
No, there weren't as many takes . . . more
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May 25, 2007 12:33 PM EDT --
One lucky winner of How Do You Remember: A Mighty Heart Contest will have an opportunity to meet some of the actors and a producer of the film. After an advanced screening of "A Mighty Heart", . . . more
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July 11, 2007 09:08 PM EDT --
I'd hoped to go see this with my movie buddy, but I am realizing since we get together so infrequently, and I've been missing movies I'd like to see, I should jump on this when it was available. . . . more
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May 28, 2007 05:35 PM EDT --
I just wanted to say that this man would have been 100 years old had he lived. He was born May 26, 1907 to Cyde Morrison and Mary Brown, in a small town in Winterset Iowa. This man made over . . . more
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May 29, 2007 06:17 PM EDT --
I Was A Male War Bride is a movie that was originally released in 1949. The movie stars Cary Grant and Ann Sheridan. Cary Grant is a French army officer and Ann Sheridan is an American WAC. . . . more
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March 19, 2007 02:22 AM EDT --
Premonition:
A Film Review
It's aggravating when a movie seems like it's copying another movie, but you just can't quite put your finger on what movie it imitates. That's the feeling . . . more
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October 26, 2006 04:44 PM EDT --
"Not Quite a Memoir" is a peculiar title, though it succeeds in raising curiosity about what the book is. The subtitle starts to narrow the focus with of films, book," but then opens up . . . more
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March 29, 2007 05:24 PM EDT --
This week I wanted to talk about trailer editing - one of the most underappreciated and crucial parts to a movie's success. Sure, the movie is made - but isn't the whole goal of making . . . more
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