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Monday, November 2, 2009

Drag Me To Hell

Posted on November 2, 2009 at 12:54 AM.

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This was a unique movie that I mildly enjoyed. It's a horror-comedy where I don't recall a single joke in the dialogue. You only know it's a comedy because it's Raimi and he's consistent in the ridiculousness of the scenes. If you were take one of these scenes and put them in a serious horror movie, you would watch it and think it was an awful scene. Somehow when it's all ridiculous, it works.

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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Posted on October 31, 2009 at 05:38 PM.

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This is the best movie of the year so far and Pixar's best. So funny and sad.

Public Enemies

Posted on October 31, 2009 at 05:36 PM.

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Too many narrative elements were carried over from Heat, but this movie is clearly not as good on any level.

Friday, October 23, 2009

Goodbye Solo

Posted on October 23, 2009 at 02:20 AM.

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Great movie...Much more accessible than Chop Shop with better performances.

Star Trek

Posted on October 23, 2009 at 02:18 AM.

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Yeah, it's great. I think I still like First Contact more, but I grew up with that cast.

Ponyo

Posted on October 23, 2009 at 02:17 AM.

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I really don't care for Miyazaki. My Neighbor Totoro is one of my favorite movies, but all of his others are way out there. This is another one of his movies where the world is dying and it doesn't make sense why. Then, the world is saved and it doesn't make sense how.

Monday, September 7, 2009

I Love You Man

Posted on September 7, 2009 at 12:21 AM.

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Above average selection among the "Apatow-like" comedies. I don't know how else to categorize them.

State of Play

Posted on September 7, 2009 at 12:16 AM.

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Really good movie with old fashioned storytelling. I liked how the twist didn't seem forced like in so many other movies these days.

Adventureland

Posted on September 7, 2009 at 12:14 AM.

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I can't say that I laughed at all, but it was fine. Felt like so many other movies though.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Posted on September 7, 2009 at 12:11 AM.

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Not as bad as X-Men 3, but still really bad. The setup for the fight between Wolverine and The Blob was beyond awful.

The Great Buck Howard

Posted on September 7, 2009 at 12:09 AM.

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Tom Hanks needs to be in more interesting movies. Even the indie films that he appears in are "safe." This movie is good, but somehow I'm totally indifferent to it. I don't think I've seen another movie with more cameos than this one.

Hunger

Posted on September 7, 2009 at 12:04 AM.

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Another IRA movie. You can tell that the director is very skilled, but I didn't really like it. At the midpoint, I thought the movie was really good...It went downhill from there.

Sunshine Cleaning

Posted on September 7, 2009 at 12:02 AM.

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Had a really abrupt ending, but was great otherwise. I can probably watch Amy Adams in anything.

Duplicity

Posted on September 7, 2009 at 12:01 AM.

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Nothing worth mentioning.

Friday, August 14, 2009

Moon

Posted on August 14, 2009 at 09:10 PM.

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