Posted by moviegeek916 on March 31, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Footloose (2011) – Okay, I know I frequently talk about the 80s like it’s the greatest period of history ever and that every movie made in that decade is a classic worthy of your reverence and adoration, so it might come as a bit of a surprise that I consider the 1984 Kevin Bacon dance … Continue reading →
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The Wolf Man (1941) – Creighton Chaney decided to follow in the footsteps of his father Lon Chaney, the legendary “man of a thousand faces” famous for such films as The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Phantom of the Opera. The studio rechristened Creighton as Lon Chaney, Jr. and he often, as in The … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on March 31, 2012 · 1 Comment
The Mummy (1932) – Two reviews into my retrospective of the Universal Monster films, I haven’t yet mentioned one of the people largely responsible for their classic iconography: Jack Pierce. Well, third time’s the charm. Jack Pierce was the leading make-up guy at Universal after Lon Chaney (Sr.) walked off the set of The Man … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on March 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) – If I may begin this movie on a mostly-irrelevant note (and it’s my damn blog, I see no reason I can’t) I’d like to point out that everyone’s been talking about 3D like it’s a fad or a passing thing. This movie was in 3D 58 years ago. … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on March 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Hollow Man (2000) – So I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned before that about seven years ago I was in a production of The House of Blue Leaves at Sacramento City College. The star of that show was an actor named Michael Saumure, who had a small role in Joe Carnahan’s debut film Blood, Guts, Bullets, … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on March 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Invisible Man (1933) – I have always been a fan of horror movies. Always. I was a weird kid, you know? The grim and macabre held a great fascination for me. Now my parents recognized this but you’d be hard-pressed to find responsible parents who would let their 6-year-old see the latest Freddy Krueger … Continue reading →
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Take Shelter (2011) – In the movie Groundhog Day, in which Bill Murray lives a day over and over again, there is a young couple that seems to be having an argument. After Murray takes it upon himself to help everyone in the town, the now-happy couple is later seen having just married. The groom … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on March 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment
A Separation (2011) – There’s been a lot of talk about Iran lately. President Obama has said that “nothing is off the table” in dealing with Iran. He’s the moderate. While it’s quite possibly just saber-rattling to rally the base, pretty much all of the Republican candidates (save Ron Paul, not a fan of foreign … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on March 25, 2012 · Leave a Comment
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006) – So I don’t know if you all got this from my review, my best of 2011 list, or my Oscar article but I really enjoyed the hell out of The Artist. The loving tribute to and recreation of a bygone style of film-making really just got me … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on March 24, 2012 · 2 Comments
Tiny Furniture (2010) – Humor is a weird and pretty personal thing. Some things you find funny. Some things you don’t. We like to make these guiding principles of “oh this type of thing is what I find funny and that type of thing I don’t” but really it’s whatever random shit hits our fancy … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 