Posts Tagged ‘ film review ’

2SR: Amelie

June 10, 2011
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2SR: Amelie

I realize the term feel good movie acts as a total red flag for most people who have a brain in their head. Amelie, however, stands among The Straight Story and Millions as one of the few feel-good movies that actually makes you feel good and not want to shoot your brains out.
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2SR: Kill Bill Vol. 1

May 28, 2011
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2SR: Kill Bill Vol. 1

As someone who’s never given a shit about kung fu movies, I can’t claim to recognize any of the specific references Tarantino put in Kill Bill Volume 1 but I know enough to know after watching it that whatever he sampled from his repertoire of kung fu movies were most likely not nearly as...
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Knight and Day and Mortal Coils

August 12, 2010
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Knight and Day and Mortal Coils

I went on Fandango and purchased tickets to Knight and Day. While I have no quantifiable way to prove this, I think my balls shrunk a little bit when I did it.
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2 Sentence Review: Youth in Revolt

June 17, 2010
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2 Sentence Review: Youth in Revolt

So, I finally got around to seeing Youth in Revolt, and I know you’re supposed to view a movie based on a book as an entirely separate medium, keeping in mind that the goal of the film is to capture the spirit of the book, rather than merely translate each and every minute facet into visual...
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2 Sentence Review: Trailer for “Date Night”

April 30, 2010
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2 Sentence Review: Trailer for “Date Night”

So, I guess the idea here is that with their respective NBC sitcoms still flying pretty high despite obvious declines, Carell and Fey can jerk out whatever quirky rom-com they want in exchange for big cash payoffs.  Many, many people will trust this combo to make something promising, but with writing like “I don’t...
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2 Sentence Review: Kick-Ass (The Movie)

April 19, 2010
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2 Sentence Review: Kick-Ass (The Movie)

Kick-Ass lives up to its name and delivers pure fun as it mixes comic book action (think: Spider-Man) with quirky teen movie (think: Juno) without trying too hard (think: Ghost World). The title character’s arsenal of self-deprecation and self-awareness manages to fight off the outwardly nerdy, secretly hip superhero plot clichés just long enough...
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2 Sentence Review: The Last Station with Helen Mirren

April 8, 2010
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2 Sentence Review: The Last Station with Helen Mirren

If you like Leo Tolstoy, Helen Mirren or Christopher Plummer, you will love this movie. And even if you don’t like any of them, you will enjoy seeing how flower children first blossomed on Tolstoy’s farm and not a farm in Woodstock.  Pre-order The Last Station on Amazon.
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2 Sentence Review: Temple Grandin starring Claire Danes on HBO

April 5, 2010
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2 Sentence Review: Temple Grandin starring Claire Danes on HBO

Inspiring heart-felt film detailing the challenges faced by Temple Grandin, a woman with autism, growing up in the 1970s.  I was impressed by the light that was shed on the beef industry,  appreciated the humorous dialogue between the characters, and was truly swept away by Danes’s convincing performance.  Buy the DVD or Temple Grandin’s...
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2 Sentence Review: Hamlet (BBC, 2009)

March 23, 2010
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2 Sentence Review: Hamlet (BBC, 2009)

A plethora of stars in a Shakespearean classic. It’s Hamlet gone dark.
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