Posted by moviegeek916 on November 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment
My Week with Marilyn (2011) – Oscar-bait season is here at last, and with it we get our first front-runner for Best Actress: two-time nominee Michelle Williams (though Meryl Streep has a movie about Margaret Thatcher coming up later this year so it’s too early to declare Williams the victor). Back in the days of … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on November 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Muppets (2011) – I am just so happy. I had a big smile on my face pretty much from the beginning of this movie to the end. I was skeptical at first that Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller, of Forgetting Sarah Marshall fame, were going to be able to tackle a wholesome property like … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on November 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Hugo (2011) – So as the almost-400 movie reviews written by yours truly available on this site might indicate, I am a bit of a film nut. More than a nut. An enthusiast. An addict. I am in love with the magic of the movies, and let me assure you movies ARE magic. Martin Scorsese … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on November 24, 2011 · 1 Comment
Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) – So I’ve spent about a week trying to organize my thoughts about this movie. First and foremost, let me say that the biggest thing that works in the film is the central performance by Elizabeth Olsen. In fact all the acting is pretty good, but she stands out and … Continue reading →
Posted by moviegeek916 on November 12, 2011 · Leave a Comment
J. Edgar (2011) – Clint Eastwood, Leonardo DiCaprio, Dustin Lance Black, and J. Edgar Hoover: this seems like a combination that can’t go wrong. Clint Eastwood has been a gifted film-maker wince the 1970s but in the past decade he has hit a stride that makes him one of the more interesting elder statesmen of … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on November 12, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Anonymous (2011) – I am a theatre student. I take History of Theatre and was offered extra credit for seeing this movie. I otherwise was not planning on it. An anti-Stratfordian drama from the director of Godzilla and The Patriot didn’t exactly pique my interest, but I’ll take my extra credit where I can get … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on November 12, 2011 · Leave a Comment
In Time (2011) – I had a lot of reasons to root for this movie. The main one was that I am big fan of Andrew Niccol’s previous film Gattaca (as well as The Truman Show, which he wrote but did not direct). I even liked his lesser movies Simone and Lord of War. So … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on November 12, 2011 · 1 Comment
Puss in Boots (2011) – So I liked Shrek a lot. Then Shrek 2 ended up being a pretty great sequel. Then the franchise headed south pretty fast with two mediocre-to-lousy sequels. Now they’re going the spin-off prequel route with one of the most popular supporting characters: Puss in Boots. I’ll never understand what mad … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on November 12, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Inferno (1980) – Okay, so this was the last movie of my Halloween Horror Movie Marathon and I was damn near falling asleep (which is, incidentally, why it was the last movie when I had been planning to watch another afterward). Perhaps this means I can’t really write a great review because I was barely … Continue reading →
Posted by moviegeek916 on November 1, 2011 · 1 Comment
Grace (2009) – So I checked this one out because it is produced by writer/director Adam Green, one of my favorite newer horror film-makers. But producing is not writing nor directing and the film isn’t anywhere near as good as Green’s. Paul Solet is man behind the camera on this one and his movie moves … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 