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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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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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The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones, the new movie directed by Peter Jackson, should be renamed The Lovely Mess. This movie is indeed lovely, but oh, what a mess it is. The movie starts out strong as a story about a family and … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Sebold, book, death, film, heaven, in-between, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Imperioli, movie, movie review, Movies, murder, novel, Peter Jackson, Rachel Weisz, rape, Saoirse Ronan, stanley tucci, Susie Salmon, the lovely bones, What Dreams May Come
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Lost in Translation (2003)
I was looking over my list of top movies directed by women and I realized that I hadn’t watched my number one, Lost in Translation, since it came out in theaters in 2003. I remember loving it at the time … Continue reading
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Tagged bill murray, connection, family, film, Japan, Kyoto, lost in translation, marriage, movie, movie review, Movies, scarlett johansson, sofia coppola, Tokyo
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Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) thinks he’s an ordinary boy living an ordinary life. He doesn’t enjoy school. He grew up without a father and his mother ended up remarrying a dirt-bag. But things don’t stay ordinary long. His world gets … Continue reading
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Tagged chris columbus, demigods, greek gods, greek mythology, movie, movie review, Movies, percy jackson, pierce brosnan, poseidon, uma thurman, zeus
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Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day has all the trappings of a great romantic comedy without any of the depth, or the comedy, to make it work. It is all too superficial to get invested in any one story line. There are so many … Continue reading
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The Wolfman
The Wolfman is a schlocky, B horror flick. The problem is, neither the director (Joe Johnston) nor the actors know it. The filmmakers have attempted to make a serious movie debating the issue of where man begins and beast ends. … Continue reading
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Tagged anthony hopkins, emily blunt, film, hugo weaving, joe johnston, movie, movie review, Movies, teen wolf, teen wolf too, the wolfman, the young victoria
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