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Despicable Me
Despicable Me turned out to be a different movie than expected. Usually, that’s a good thing. Surprises at movies are few and far between these days – original ideas are getting harder to come by. But this movie does nothing … Continue reading
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Tagged animation, despicable me, film, how the grinch stole christmas, movie review, Movies, stereotypes, steve carell, the grinch
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Predators
Predators has the potential to be a great suspenseful film about the nature of humanity and the surprising lengths we go to survive, but it never strives to be that. Predators is content with being a fun and amusing B-movie … Continue reading
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Tagged action movie, action star, adrien brody, Alice Braga, b-movie, Danny Trejo, film, humanity, movie review, Movies, nimrod antal, predators, Robert Rodriquez, topher grace, Unity, Walton Goggins
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Adapting Books to Film
Book to Film adaptations are a tricky thing to navigate. They are two distinctly different mediums, but they are similar in ways that make people believe they should be the same. Film is truly visual. As much or more is … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, adaptations, Atonement, Books, characters, dialogue, film, Jason Reitman, Joe Wright, mood, Movies, story, storytelling, theme, tone, Up in the Air
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“Never Let Me Go” Trailer
One of the last books we read in The Joshua Centre Book Club was “Never Let Me Go” by Kazuo Ishiguro. If you want to read any of the posts, you can here. There is a new movie version of … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Club, Books, Carey Mulligan, film, kazuro ishiguro, keira knightly, Movies, never let me go, trailers, upcoming releases
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Top Ten Movies: When Cultures Collide
Since the advent of time, story has been around. Story is about connecting others to history, to fellow man, to God. Story has the power to teach, to inspire, to tear down walls. Film does story in a way that … Continue reading
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Tagged Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Babel, Blood Diamond, Brad Pitt, Cedric Klapisch, cross cultural films, cross cultural studies, cross culture, culture, Edward Zwick, film, Forrest Whitaker, In America, James MacAvoy, Jim Sheridan, Kevin MacDonald, l'auberge espagnole, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mira Nair, Movies, Roland Joffe, Terrence Malick, The Darjeeling Limited, The Last King of Scotland, The Mission, The Namesake, The New World, The Visitor, Thomas McCarthy, top 10 lists, Wes Anderson
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Why Movies Suck
It has been quite the disappointing start to 2010. The year is half over and the quality of film releases has been dismal at best. Why are movies getting worse? It’s a problem that stems from lack of pure leadership. … Continue reading
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Tagged Avatar, Christopher Nolan, E.T., film, George Lucas, Iron Man 2, James Cameron, jonah hex, Jurassic Park, Just Wright, Killers, Letters to Juliet, Mel Gibson, movie releases, Movies, Peter Jackson, Prince of Persia, steven spielberg, studio system, The A-Team, The Dark Knight, The Lord of the Rings, The Passion of the Christ, Titanic, toy story 3
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Iron Man 2
Iron Man 2 is set up to be a fun romp, but all joy is stripped from the movie that lost its voice somewhere between the end of the first movie and the production of this major disappointment. What made … Continue reading
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Tagged depression, Don Cheadle, familial relationships, fun spectacle, government control, gwyneth paltrow, Iron Man 2, Jon Favreau, Mickey Rourke, revenge, Robert Downey, Samuel L. Jackson, scarlett johansson, script, story, transformers, unrequited love, world peace
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The Square
The Square, an Australian film directed by Nash Edgerton, is the complete opposite of Mother, the film reviewed yesterday, in the fact that it is ALL about the consequences of sins and actions. It’s an interesting double feature if you … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian film, Claire van der Boom, con, con movie, consequences of sin, David Roberts, film, independent film, Movie Reviews, Movies, Nash Edgerton, sin, The Square
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
When you have a movie titled “Men Who Hate Women”, you pretty much know what you are in for, but the more ambiguous title of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo might just throw you off the scent. The original … Continue reading
Mother
Mother, Bong Joon-Ho’s terrific new Korean film, is not just an incredibly well made murder mystery, it’s also an examination of a mother’s obsession with her child and the lengths she will go to protect him. Mother opens with a … Continue reading →