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Category Archives: Movie Reviews
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
How to Train Your Dragon
The 3D technology has lost all its luster. Even though How to Train Your Dragon is a wonderful piece of 3D filmmaking, the technology itself becomes distracting to the actual story – and the story, though predictable, is touching and … Continue reading
Green Zone
Green Zone is an ambitious political thriller, but in the end, it just doesn’t live up to the ambition. Matt Damon plays Miller, a captain of a unit sent out to find weapons of mass destruction in the early days … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Ryan, Bloody Sunday, Brendan Gleeson, Brian Helgeland, film, film review, films, government, Green Zone, Greg Kinnear, Iraq War, matt damon, movie review, Movies, Saddam Hussein, The Bourne Supremacy, trust, United 93, War, Weapons of Mass Destruction
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is a beautifully realized and beautifully made depiction of the events surrounding the death of the infamous Jesse James. The movie itself creeps along and because of that leisurely pace, … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Dominik, Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, delusions of grandeur, film, film review, Garret Dellahunt, hero worship, heros, jealousy, jeremy renner, Jesse James, lyrical, Mary Louise Parker, movie, movie review, Movies, Paul Schneider, Richard Deakens, Robert Ford, sam rockwell, Sam Shepherd, the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford, Zooey Deschanel
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Rear Window
Watching Rear Window fifty-six years after its original release, it is seems eerily current. Sure the acting is of a different style than it is now, but everything that happens in this wonderful movie, we are dealing with as a … Continue reading
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Tagged alfred hitchcock, class, film, film review, Grace Kelly, James Stewart, jimmy stewart, lonely, martin scorsese, movie, movie review, Movies, murder, neighbor, neighborhood, paranoia, Rear Window, relationships, shutter island, suicide, voyeurism, wealth
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Shutter Island
Shutter Island, the new film directed by Martin Scorsese, is a terrific look at the psychology of men of violence. On the surface, this movie is a psychological thriller that harkens back to ‘40s Noir films. If this movie was … Continue reading
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Tagged actual reality, Ben Kingsley, Emily Mortimer, film, Jackie Earle Haley, Laeta Kalogridis, Leonardo DiCaprio, lobodomy, Mark Ruffalo, martin scorsese, Max von Sydow, Michelle Williams, moral order, movie review, Movies, noir, noir films, Patricia Clarkson, perceived reality, psychology, reality, shutter island, Ted Levine, violence, violent men
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Leon: The Professional
After compiling my list of the top 10 action movies of the past 25 years, I realized that it’s been a long time since I’ve seen Leon The Professional. So, I watched it last night to see if it still … Continue reading
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Tagged action, action movies, film, Gary Oldman, Jean Reno, Leon the Professional, love, Luc Besson, movie, Movie Reviews, Movies, natalie portman, relationship, revenge, villain
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From Paris with Love
From Paris with Love is an action thriller with all the thrills stripped bare. There really isn’t too much this film does that surprises the audience or even thrills the audience. There are a couple things that are done action-wise … Continue reading
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Tagged action, action movies, action thrillers, film, from paris with love, John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, liam neeson, movie, movie review, Movies, Pierre Morel, Taken
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Alice in Wonderland
The new Alice in Wonderland is meant to be a grittier and darker version of the classic tale many grew up with. It turns out that Tim Burton’s big screen vision is more Disney than Burton and that makes this … Continue reading
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Tagged 3D movies, alan rickman, Alice, Alice in Wonderland, Blue Caterpillar, classic, Crispin Glover, Disney, feminism, Helena Bonham Carter, In Treatment, Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, movie, movie review, Movies, post-feminist, Queen of Hearts, tale, Tim Burton
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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 →